While the United States celebrates the 250th anniversary of its independence, the city of Pulaski, Tennessee, still lives with a bulky ghost. It is here, in 1865, that the Ku Klux Klan was born. Between local denial, explosive archives and attempts to reconcile, report in the heart of the American memory malaise.
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While the United States celebrates the 250th anniversary of its independence, the city of Pulaski, Tennessee, still lives with a bulky ghost. It is here, in 1865, that the Ku Klux Klan was born. Between local denial, explosive archives and attempts to reconcile, report in the heart of the American memory malaise.