Gallery›Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library›White-Robbed Speaker Arrested--A man wearing white robes and hood similar to those of the Ku Klux Klan is arrested in Marquette Park by Chicago police after he attempted to speak following an American Nazi Party rally. He identified himself as Evan Lewis, 34, of Akron, Ohio, and said he is a member of the National Knights of the KKK. Police said he lacked a permit to speak.
White-Robbed Speaker Arrested--A man wearing white robes and hood similar to those of the Ku Klux Klan is arrested in Marquette Park by Chicago police after he attempted to speak following an American Nazi Party rally. He identified himself as Evan Lewis, 34, of Akron, Ohio, and said he is a member of the National Knights of the KKK. Police said he lacked a permit to speak.
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White-Robbed Speaker Arrested--A man wearing white robes and hood similar to those of the Ku Klux Klan is arrested in Marquette Park by Chicago police after he attempted to speak following an American Nazi Party rally. He identified himself as Evan Lewis, 34, of Akron, Ohio, and said he is a member of the National Knights of the KKK. Police said he lacked a permit to speak.

Associated Press · [ca. August 1966]

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