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Fair Bluff,NC, will rename a road previously named for KKK leader
And not just any leader but one who:
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... invaded the home of Dorothy Martin’s mother and forcibly took Martin and her Ben Grainger from it. They then transported the couple across state lines, into South Carolina, where they were joined by five other Klansmen and whipped them for “crimes” ranging from adultery, failure to attend church, and illegally distilling whiskey.
... invaded the home of Dorothy Martin’s mother and forcibly took Martin and her Ben Grainger from it. They then transported the couple across state lines, into South Carolina, where they were joined by five other Klansmen and whipped them for “crimes” ranging from adultery, failure to attend church, and illegally distilling whiskey.
via The Raw Story NC city renames street honoring Klansman who flogged people for not attending church
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