I noticed you didn't answer the question!
"Dirty"? Nah, that's OK--The Grand Wizard vouched for them.....
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Higher-ups in the Dallas Klan included the police commissioner, a Dallas Times-Herald reporter, four Dallas Power and Light officials, the Ford Motor Company?s local superintendent, the Democratic Party chairman and the county tax assessor, according to Phillips? book. Local KKK members also included police chief Jesse E. Curry, police homicide division head Will Fritz and Robert L. Thornton, a banker who served as mayor from 1953-?61.
From 1882 to 1930, lynch mobs killed 492 Texans, including 349 blacks. The Ku Klux KlanThe original Ku Klux Klan faded in the 1870s, but rose to power again in the 1920s. "Dallas had the largest [Ku Klux Klan] chapter when the Klan was reborn," Phillips said. "They used to have Klan Day at the State Fair [of Texas]. You used to get discounts if you showed up in your hood and sheet."People in positions of authority, such as police officers, members of the Dallas Daily Times-Herald, and prominent businessmen were Klan members."The Klan completely ran the city," Phillips said. "This was definitely 'Klan Central.'"
