Gallery›Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library›Ku Klux Klan Initiates 1000 in Mass Ceremony--On the barren slopes of Stone Mountain last night members of the Ku Klux Klan initiated approximately 1,000 new members, according to Dr. Samuel Green, Grand Dragon and Atlanta physician who heads the Klan. A 300-foot fiery cross burns atop the granite mount and four smaller crosses, two of which can be seen above, lighted the ceremony. Several thousand spectators lined the mountainside to watch.
Ku Klux Klan Initiates 1000 in Mass Ceremony--On the barren slopes of Stone Mountain last night members of the Ku Klux Klan initiated approximately 1,000 new members, according to Dr. Samuel Green, Grand Dragon and Atlanta physician who heads the Klan. A 300-foot fiery cross burns atop the granite mount and four smaller crosses, two of which can be seen above, lighted the ceremony. Several thousand spectators lined the mountainside to watch.
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Ku Klux Klan Initiates 1000 in Mass Ceremony--On the barren slopes of Stone Mountain last night members of the Ku Klux Klan initiated approximately 1,000 new members, according to Dr. Samuel Green, Grand Dragon and Atlanta physician who heads the Klan. A 300-foot fiery cross burns atop the granite mount and four smaller crosses, two of which can be seen above, lighted the ceremony. Several thousand spectators lined the mountainside to watch.

Associated Press · [ca. May 1946]

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