A Kinder, Gentler Klan?

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By Colin Woodward

Saw this post on someone’s Facebook today about the KKK in northern Georgia adopting a highway. I’m not sure if the folks in the picture in the article are waving to the camera or giving a fascist salute. But, I’m glad the Klan hates litterbugs, too. (Photo source: Arete 13 on Flickr).

Colin Woodward is a historian and archivist. He is the author of Marching Masters, Slavery, Race, and the Confederate Army during the Civil War (University of Virginia Press, 2014). He is writing a second book on Johnny Cash.

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Colin Woodward is a writer, historian, archivist, and recovering podcaster. His latest book is Country Boy: the Roots of Johnny Cash, winner of the Ragsdale Award for best book on Arkansas history, 2022. He has also written for the Civil War Times, Civil War Monitor, Arkansas Times, Style Weekly (Richmond, Va.), and other publications. He is a frequent contributor to the Encyclopedia of Arkansas. He lives in Richmond.

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