Letter, 1952 July 12, to trustees of Batesburg-Leesville High School (Lexington County, S.C.).

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Letter, 1952 July 12, to trustees of Batesburg-Leesville High School (Lexington County, S.C.).

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Letter written on official Klan stationery, addressed to the trustees of Batesburg-Leesville High School, protesting their decision to allow use of the school recreation field for a fourth of July sporting event to a "Negro ball team." The trustees had further aroused Hamilton's ire by denying the Klan permission to hold a "Public Speaking" meeting on the same field. Hamilton sent copies of the letter to the trustees and to the Twin City News, which declined to publish it.

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Batesburg-Leesville High School (Lexington County, S.C.)

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Hamilton, Thomas, 1822-1865

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Imperial Wizard of the Association of Carolina Klans active in North and South Carolina; this protege of Georgia Klan boss Dr. Samuel Green formerly worked in Atlanta as a wholesale grocer; soon after moving to Leesville, S.C., in 1948, he abandoned the grocery business for full-time work on behalf of the Ku Klux Klan. From the description of Letter, 1952 July 12, to trustees of Batesburg-Leesville High School (Lexington County, S.C.). (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record ...

Ku Klux Klan 1915-....

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The Ku Klux Klan was formally incorporated under the laws of the state of Georgia on Dec. 4, 1915. The incorporated organization is a continuance of the earlier post Civil War Reconstruction Era unincorporated Ku Klux Klan and of the Knights of the White Camellia. Women of the Ku Klux Klan was incorporated at a late date as a separate entity. The stated purpose of the KKK was to promote an all White, Protestant United States, excluding all other races and religions. From the descript...