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United White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan visit Texas town
Klan circulates material in Hallsville
Some residents of the Hallsville area received packets of unsolicited literature from the Ku Klux Klan during the night Saturday.
As part of what appears to be a membership drive, Klan members tossed rolled up packets of material into driveways in the Hallsville area. Residents discovered the material, rolled into a plastic "sleeve" to protect it from the weather, when they awoke Sunday morning.
"It was in its own sleeve near the newspaper," said Susan Roberts of the Cedar Grove Subdivision. "I saw some lying in some of the other driveways, too. It was definitely KKK material."
Ms. Roberts said she and family members recognized the material in "about eight" other driveways "and out along Lansing Switch" as they were on their way to church.
"We left for church at about 8:30, so it's possible that there more out there earlier and people picked them up when they went out to get their morning newspaper," Ms. Roberts said.
The Marshall News Messenger has confirmed that the material also was circulated in at least one other subdivision in the area. It was reported that Klan literature also was distributed in the Marshall area Saturday night, however, The News Messenger was unable to confirm that report.
A pamphlet reading, "If you love your country the KKK wants you! Stop illegal immigration. Join the Klan" was included in the Hallsville-distributed material, along with another flyer in which the "United White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, member of the Southern Alliance," railed against illegal aliens, urging readers to "take a stand and join the Klan." A Longview post office box — State Office, P.O. Box 10071 — is listed for response.
"There was also a very professional-looking publication," said Ms. Roberts. "It made the hair on my arms stand up. It contains some very hateful articles."
The eight-page publication, "The Truth at Last," was filled with anti-Semitic literature.
"The Truth at Last" touts itself as "America's premier white patriot newspaper" promoting "news suppressed by the daily press" on its Web site, www.stormfront.org. It is based in Marietta, Ga.
A single-page "fact" sheet, explaining "what the Klan is" along with what it stands for and what it supports also was included with the literature distributed in Hallsville.
Calling itself "a law-abiding fraternal white brotherhood," the United White Knights of the KKK claims it does not promote illegal activities. "We are not a hate group, We oppose criminal activities being committed period!"
They go on to say that they stand for "The White Race: The irreplaceable hub of our nation, our Christian Faith, and high levels of western culture and technology."
This is the second time the Klan has surfaced in Harrison County in recent months.
A representative of the UWK — "Forrest Lee" — confirmed that the chapter held a rally and "cross lighting" near Marshall on March 1. He would not say exactly where the rally was held, only that it was "on private property" and was "by invitation only."
"Lee," — whose name is reminiscent of two Confederate generals, Nathan Bedford Forrest and Robert E. Lee, the former a founder of the KKK — said at the time that the UWK was trying to change public perception of the Klan.
"We know the Klan has a bad name, and they earned it back in the 1960s," he said. "We're trying to bring back the traditional Klan. You cannot be full of hate and be a member of our Klan. We don't hate blacks, We don't hate Mexicans, Chinese, anybody."
Among the list of 20 items the UWK supports on its "fact" sheet is the construction of military bases along the Mexican border and the use of military force to patrol the border. "This would provide troops with practical experience and save money now spent on training exercises," it explains.
Along those same lines, the UWK says it supports "adopting laws requiring immediate deportation of all illegal aliens with any appeals to be made from their native land at their expense, not our taxpayers'."
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Klan circulates material in Hallsville
Some residents of the Hallsville area received packets of unsolicited literature from the Ku Klux Klan during the night Saturday.
As part of what appears to be a membership drive, Klan members tossed rolled up packets of material into driveways in the Hallsville area. Residents discovered the material, rolled into a plastic "sleeve" to protect it from the weather, when they awoke Sunday morning.
"It was in its own sleeve near the newspaper," said Susan Roberts of the Cedar Grove Subdivision. "I saw some lying in some of the other driveways, too. It was definitely KKK material."
Ms. Roberts said she and family members recognized the material in "about eight" other driveways "and out along Lansing Switch" as they were on their way to church.
"We left for church at about 8:30, so it's possible that there more out there earlier and people picked them up when they went out to get their morning newspaper," Ms. Roberts said.
The Marshall News Messenger has confirmed that the material also was circulated in at least one other subdivision in the area. It was reported that Klan literature also was distributed in the Marshall area Saturday night, however, The News Messenger was unable to confirm that report.
A pamphlet reading, "If you love your country the KKK wants you! Stop illegal immigration. Join the Klan" was included in the Hallsville-distributed material, along with another flyer in which the "United White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, member of the Southern Alliance," railed against illegal aliens, urging readers to "take a stand and join the Klan." A Longview post office box — State Office, P.O. Box 10071 — is listed for response.
"There was also a very professional-looking publication," said Ms. Roberts. "It made the hair on my arms stand up. It contains some very hateful articles."
The eight-page publication, "The Truth at Last," was filled with anti-Semitic literature.
"The Truth at Last" touts itself as "America's premier white patriot newspaper" promoting "news suppressed by the daily press" on its Web site, www.stormfront.org. It is based in Marietta, Ga.
A single-page "fact" sheet, explaining "what the Klan is" along with what it stands for and what it supports also was included with the literature distributed in Hallsville.
Calling itself "a law-abiding fraternal white brotherhood," the United White Knights of the KKK claims it does not promote illegal activities. "We are not a hate group, We oppose criminal activities being committed period!"
They go on to say that they stand for "The White Race: The irreplaceable hub of our nation, our Christian Faith, and high levels of western culture and technology."
This is the second time the Klan has surfaced in Harrison County in recent months.
A representative of the UWK — "Forrest Lee" — confirmed that the chapter held a rally and "cross lighting" near Marshall on March 1. He would not say exactly where the rally was held, only that it was "on private property" and was "by invitation only."
"Lee," — whose name is reminiscent of two Confederate generals, Nathan Bedford Forrest and Robert E. Lee, the former a founder of the KKK — said at the time that the UWK was trying to change public perception of the Klan.
"We know the Klan has a bad name, and they earned it back in the 1960s," he said. "We're trying to bring back the traditional Klan. You cannot be full of hate and be a member of our Klan. We don't hate blacks, We don't hate Mexicans, Chinese, anybody."
Among the list of 20 items the UWK supports on its "fact" sheet is the construction of military bases along the Mexican border and the use of military force to patrol the border. "This would provide troops with practical experience and save money now spent on training exercises," it explains.
Along those same lines, the UWK says it supports "adopting laws requiring immediate deportation of all illegal aliens with any appeals to be made from their native land at their expense, not our taxpayers'."
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