Sarah Collins Rudolph lost an eye and still has pieces of glass inside her body from a Ku Klux Klan bombing that killed her sister and three other Black girls at an Alabama church 59 years ago.
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Snopes→ Did Alabama GOP Group Post Elephant Photo with KKK Imagery?
According to the Lawrence County Republican Party, the group accidentally used an altered image of a GOP elephant that was saved from Google.
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘When You Meet a Member of the Ku Klux Klan’
On December 13 2021, a poem titled “When You Meet a Member of the Ku Klux Klan” spread virally on Facebook and Twitter: The poem read as follows: When You Meet A Member Of The Ku Klux Klan Robert L. Poston (1921) When you meet a member of
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Harvard University Branch of the Ku Klux Klan’ in 1924
On March 28 2021, the Facebook page “Bread and Roses 1912-2012” shared the following post, purportedly showing a Harvard University branch of the Ku Klux Klan in 1924: A status update/caption asserted: Members of the Harvard University bra
Truth or Fiction?→ Nutella PR and Accidentally Racist Halloween ‘Ghosts’
Around October 29 2020, a purported Nutella Puerto Rico (@NutellaPR) Halloween post — an apparent screengrab from Facebook or Instagram featuring Ku Klux Klan-like ghosts — began circulating on Twitter, Reddit, and Facebook: Some posts ab
Truth or Fiction?→ Was a Man in California Spotted Shopping While Wearing a Ku Klux Klan Hood?
Social media users and officials in a small southern California city condemned photographs spreading online showing an unidentified man shopping in public while wearing a Ku Klux Klan hood as a “face mask” during the first weeks of the COV
Truth or Fiction?→ Does an Image Show the Ku Klux Klan Marching with a Trump/Pence Banner?
On February 9 2020, a Facebook page called “The Truth Fairy” shared the following image, which purportedly showed the Ku Klux Klan marching with a Trump/Pence banner in support of the election (or re-election) of United States President D
Snopes→ Does This Photograph Show ‘Women of the Democrat Party’ Wearing KKK Robes?
The represented reality was bad enough without the need for additional manipulation of history.
Snopes→ Is the KKK Tax-Exempt as a Religious Organization?
Although the Ku Klux Klan is not a tax-exempt organization, there are other hate groups that are.
Snopes→ Does a Newspaper Ad for the Ku Klux Klan Praise Donald Trump?
A KKK recruitment flyer found in Alabama did praise President Trump, but it was not run in a newspaper.
Snopes→ Was the NRA Founded to Protect Black People from the Ku Klux Klan?
Revisionist accounts of the origin of the National Rifle Association say it was formed to help freed slaves defend themselves against racist attacks after the Civil War.
Snopes→ Was ‘America First’ a Slogan of the Ku Klux Klan?
The white supremacist group made frequent use of the slogan more recently embraced by President Donald Trump, though they did not, as some claim, invent it.
Snopes→ Was a Mass Grave of ‘Dozens of Tortured Black Men’ Found on a Dead KKK Leader’s Estate?
A horrifying tale of racially-motivated violence came from a web site that does not appear to publish any factual stories.