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Addressing Hate: Georgia, The Irs, And The Ku Klux Klan, Samuel D. Brunson
Addressing Hate: Georgia, The Irs, And The Ku Klux Klan, Samuel D. Brunson
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In 1944, the Ku Klux Klan officially suspended its operations. Two years later, it had entirely ended. In part this was the inevitable result of a decade of declining influence and membership. In part, though, it was the result of actions by the federal government and the state of Georgia. In 1916 the Ku Klux Klan incorporated as a Georgia fraternal organization, following a model of the Masons and other fraternal organizations. It also claimed to be a tax-exempt fraternal beneficiary society under the new federal income tax. These legal statuses provided the Klan with legal rights and benefits and …