Klan Wedding in Farmville, N.C., united James Earl Taylor and Bessie Irene Tysen. About 5,000 attended the Saturday night ceremony, the first public Ku Klux Klan wedding in North Carolina since 1926.

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Klan Wedding in Farmville, N.C., united James Earl Taylor and Bessie Irene Tysen. About 5,000 attended the Saturday night ceremony, the first public Ku Klux Klan wedding in North Carolina since 1926.

[ca. May 1965]

RightsCC0 — Public Domain

CollectionDigital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

[Information from item housing] Ku Klux Klan

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