Klan Wedding--James Earl Taylor and Bessie Irene Taylor were married in a dusty North Carolina cornfield Saturday night in the first Ku Klux Klan wedding in 39 years. He is an automobile body shop operator in Farmville. She wore a light blue full length old southern style party dress.

Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

Klan Wedding--James Earl Taylor and Bessie Irene Taylor were married in a dusty North Carolina cornfield Saturday night in the first Ku Klux Klan wedding in 39 years. He is an automobile body shop operator in Farmville. She wore a light blue full length old southern style party dress.

Associated Press · [ca. May 1965]

RightsCC0 — Public Domain

CollectionDigital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

[Information from item housing] Ku Klux Klan

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