US EditionThe Mississippi Department of Public Safety uncovers rare KKK artifacts in one of its offices
Officials found a Ku Klux Klan robe, charter, and membership lists showing dues paid or owed from the violent 1960s White Knights faction, which had nearly 100,000 members in Mississippi, experts said.
- Last week, the Mississippi Department of Public Safety discovered Ku Klux Klan artifacts inside a suitcase while clearing an office for relocation. DPS Commissioner Sean Tindell transferred the items to the Mississippi Department of Archives and History.
- Historically, the Klan operated with deep overlap with law enforcement. In 1964, Neshoba County Deputy Sheriff Cecil Price, a Klansman, conspired in the three civil rights workers killed during the Mississippi Burning killings.
- Unearthed items include Klan charters, recruitment materials, and a pamphlet titled "The Ugly Truth about Martin Luther King." Charles Taylor, executive director of the Mississippi State Conference of the NAACP, said he is "glad these stories are coming out.
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KKK Materials Found in Suitcase During Department of Public Safety Move, Including Charter for Group That Killed Civil Rights Workers
“Who owned it? Why was it there?” asks Dr. Alon Milwicki, a senior research analyst at the Southern Poverty Law CenterThe suitcase found at DPS; Samuel H. Bowers Jr., imperial wizard of the Mississippi White Knights.Credit: Mississippi Department of Archives and History; BettmannNEED TO KNOWWhile moving to new headquarters, staffers at the Mississippi Department of Public Safety located a suitcase filled with Ku Klux Klan materials dating back t…
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The Mississippi Department of Public Safety uncovers rare KKK artifacts in one of its offices
A notebook with meeting minutes and a ledger are among the Ku Klux Klan-related items found recently when a Mississippi government office was cleared out.
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Of Course They Found A Ku Klux Klan Hood Inside A Mississippi Police Office
Source: Mississippi Department of Public Safety / MDPS So, the Mississippi Department of Public Safety says it stumbled across a Ku Klux Klan robe, handbook, membership lists, and propaganda while cleaning out a closet for a move. The items were packed inside a small blue suitcase that had been tucked away and forgotten, as if it were some dusty relic from a bygone era. That’s the story being told. It’s being dressed up as an accident, softened …
Ku Klux Klan Items Found at Mississippi Department of Public Safety
Republished with permission from Mississippi Today, by Jerry Mitchell Inside a small blue suitcase, they found a handbook for the White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, the most violent white supremacist group in the 1960s, which carried out at least 10 killings. Officials also found Klan charters, a Klan robe, KKK recruitment materials, propaganda, meeting notes, ledgers and a list of members who paid—or didn’t pay—their dues. “If only that robe co…
Mississippi Moving Its HQ Uncovers KKK Robes and Member Lists Hidden in a State Office Closet
A routine relocation for the Mississippi Department of Public Safety recently unearthed a chilling reminder of a dark historical era. While packing up to move to a new headquarters, state law enforcement officials discovered a forgotten suitcase hidden inside a storage closet. The unassuming luggage contained a shocking trove of Ku Klux Klan artefacts dating back to the volatile period of the 1960s. Finding something like this inside a governmen…
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