Atlanta, before the war, was headquarters for a profitable national business in hocus-pocus for race-prejudiced joiners: the Ku Klux Klan. Since the war, it has been no secret in Georgia that the Klan was trying to come back in a big way. In the past eight months there have been cross-burnings atop Stone Mountain. But secrecy is a part of the Klan's appeal—and the Kluxers kept their affairs to themselves.
Last week they decided to put on a show of strength, invited the public (in newspaper ads) to come to an initiation party. About...
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