12 Years in the Marines, Now a Klansman--Raymond Cranford, a 12-year veteran of the Marine Corps, winner of four Purple Hearts, is now a security guard with the United Klans of America. Why? “Because I’m a white man. I don’t believe in mixing the races.” During the week 44-year-old Cranford is a farmer in the heart of North Carolina’s tobacco country.

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12 Years in the Marines, Now a Klansman--Raymond Cranford, a 12-year veteran of the Marine Corps, winner of four Purple Hearts, is now a security guard with the United Klans of America. Why? “Because I’m a white man. I don’t believe in mixing the races.” During the week 44-year-old Cranford is a farmer in the heart of North Carolina’s tobacco country.

Associated Press · [ca. May 1965]

RightsCC0 — Public Domain

CollectionDigital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

[Information from item housing] Ku Klux Klan

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