Klansman
Americannoun
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Klansmen
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Nobody wants to be called a Nazi, a Klansman, or an antisemite, and the average American decries acts of overtly racist violence and brazenly authoritarian philosophies.
From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2022
“You said that, quote, Kelly Loeffler has been campaigning with a Klansman, unquote. That’s not true,” said Mr. Tapper.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 3, 2021
For the former Klansman and the people who loved him, that narrow victory felt like a landslide.
From Slate ● Jun. 13, 2020
The minister’s wife, son and congregation don’t want to help a Klansman.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 29, 2020
Between Brown’s inside dope and everything that Kennedy had learned via his own investigations, he probably knew more Klan secrets than the average Klansman.
From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt
The prolific Black muralist, who died a couple of years ago, painted the Jefferson Park work in 1997 and filled space with Black Panthers and celebrated Black radicals, helmeted police and hooded Klansmen.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 12, 2024
To the Judge, Communists and Klansmen each constituted dangers to democracy, but he insisted upon their right to be heard.
From New York Times ● Jul. 14, 2021
Benbow cited examples of Klansmen who served as deacons, using scripture to justify Jim Crow, as well as the way the Black church was “the seat of the Civil Rights movement.”
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 10, 2021
Less famous is his subsequent decision to pardon the relative handful of Klansmen who actually went to prison.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 30, 2020
It had never occurred to her before that beneath their robes Klansmen might sometimes be quaking.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
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