Klansman carrying a sign at a Ku Klux Klan rally in Montgomery, Alabama.
The sign reads, "Will It Be Christ or Anti-Christ / Free Men Are Not Equal - Equal Men Are Not Free / Register Communists Not Firearms / Stop Foreign Aid / Don't Worry A Disarmed U.S. Will Protect You / I'm Fighting Poverty I Work for a Living." A pickup truck behind him is decor...
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| Online Access: | http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/peppler/id/6147 |
| Summary: | The sign reads, "Will It Be Christ or Anti-Christ / Free Men Are Not Equal - Equal Men Are Not Free / Register Communists Not Firearms / Stop Foreign Aid / Don't Worry A Disarmed U.S. Will Protect You / I'm Fighting Poverty I Work for a Living." A pickup truck behind him is decorated with Klan banners and Confederate flags; behind the truck is a large cutout of a Klansman holding a cross while riding on the back of a rearing horse. A man holding a motion picture camera is filming on the left. This image was taken for (but not used in) an article and photo spread that appeared on pages 1 and 3 of The Southern Courier for December 16-17, 1967. The issue is available online (not on the ADAH website): http://www.southerncourier.org/low-res/Vol3_No51_1967_12_16.pdf |
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