Eloise Witte of Cincinnati, named in testimony as the "Grand Empress" of the National Knights of the Ku Klux Klan in Ohio, sits in the hearing room of the House Un-American Activities Committee today wearing a button on her coat which says: "LBJ for EX President." She was scheduled to be called as a witness in the committee's probe of Klan activities.

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Eloise Witte of Cincinnati, named in testimony as the "Grand Empress" of the National Knights of the Ku Klux Klan in Ohio, sits in the hearing room of the House Un-American Activities Committee today wearing a button on her coat which says: "LBJ for EX President." She was scheduled to be called as a witness in the committee's probe of Klan activities.

Associated Press · [ca. February 1966]

RightsCC0 — Public Domain

CollectionDigital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

[Information from item housing] Ku Klux Klan

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