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A man kneels at a burning cross as a hooded Klan member stands over him with a chalice during a Ku Klux Klan nighttime initiation ceremony, 1920s. (Jack Benton/Getty Images)
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A man kneels at a burning cross as a hooded Klan member stands over him with a chalice during a Ku Klux Klan nighttime initiation ceremony, 1920s. (Jack Benton/Getty Images)
Jack Benton/Getty Images