Your Ancestors Were Segregationists-- Robed Klu Klux Klansmen gather today in field near Natchez, under billboard attacking civil rights leader Martin Luther King. About 100 robed men were present. Sign on Klansman's Cadillac rear door reads: "The only reason you are white is because your ancestors practiced segregation." FBI ang Highway Patrolmen watched the rally.

Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

Your Ancestors Were Segregationists-- Robed Klu Klux Klansmen gather today in field near Natchez, under billboard attacking civil rights leader Martin Luther King. About 100 robed men were present. Sign on Klansman's Cadillac rear door reads: "The only reason you are white is because your ancestors practiced segregation." FBI ang Highway Patrolmen watched the rally.

Associated Press · [ca. June 1965]

RightsCC0 — Public Domain

CollectionDigital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

[Information from item housing] Ku Klux Klan Misc.

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