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Freed Proud Boys leaders have big plans In the 20th century, the Ku Klu Klan sold paraphernalia in part to fund its campaign of terror against African Americans, several experts said.
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Deborah Barfield Berry, USA TODAY, 15 Feb. 2025
The book referenced the Klan incident, noting that the tent was in a field at the corner of what is now Tournament Drive and Chestnut Drive.
—Adam Bell, Charlotte Observer, 13 Feb. 2025
The imagery is shocking: naked bodies, an upside-down cross, hooded Klan members, chains, hammers, sickles, swastikas and ladders leading to nowhere.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Feb. 2025
The painting features robust, muscular figures in the style of Michelangelo and references the Klan, Nazism, torture, communism, and the Inquisition, evident in such forms as a swastika, hooded figures, a cross, and a hammer and sickle.
—News Desk, Artforum, 3 Feb. 2025
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Deborah Barfield Berry, USA TODAY, 15 Feb. 2025
The book referenced the Klan incident, noting that the tent was in a field at the corner of what is now Tournament Drive and Chestnut Drive.
—Adam Bell, Charlotte Observer, 13 Feb. 2025
The imagery is shocking: naked bodies, an upside-down cross, hooded Klan members, chains, hammers, sickles, swastikas and ladders leading to nowhere.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Feb. 2025
The painting features robust, muscular figures in the style of Michelangelo and references the Klan, Nazism, torture, communism, and the Inquisition, evident in such forms as a swastika, hooded figures, a cross, and a hammer and sickle.
—News Desk, Artforum, 3 Feb. 2025
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“Klan.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Klan. Accessed 19 Feb. 2025.
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