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Tennessee

TexasTowelie

(117,263 posts) Sat Mar 16, 2013, 02:37 PM Mar 2013

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Klan makes neighbors uneasy with neighborhood watch

Some Tenn. residents received flyers saying "Neighborhood Watch. You can sleep well tonight knowing the UKA is awake." The UKA is affiliated with the KKK, but a local leader says this isn't about hate.

More including video at http://www.shreveporttimes.com/article/20130315/NEWS01/130315019/Klan-makes-neighbors-uneasy-neighborhood-watch?nclick_check=1 .

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Klan makes neighbors uneasy with neighborhood watch (Original Post) TexasTowelie Mar 2013 OP

My grandfather came to MN at age 16 in 1921 partly because of Klan activity kickysnana Mar 2013 #1

racism alive and well in east tenn Chimeradog Aug 2014 #2

kickysnana

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1. My grandfather came to MN at age 16 in 1921 partly because of Klan activity

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Sat Mar 16, 2013, 11:32 PM

Mar 2013

in his Middle TN hometown. Some relatives were in TN by 1782. Glad he did.

Chimeradog

(83 posts)

2. racism alive and well in east tenn

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Mon Aug 18, 2014, 01:21 AM

Aug 2014

There are kkk people in Erwin (Carter County) Tenn. They even put flyers on your car at Walmart asking for new members.

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