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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.00,0:09:00.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,...
Dialogue: 0,0:09:00.35,0:17:56.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:56.72,0:18:00.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As the 20th Century dawned,\Nthe Ku Klux Klan was a fading memory.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:00.78,0:18:04.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Recollections of the hooded order\Nwere tainted by popular literature,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:04.40,0:18:08.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which portrayed the invisible\Nempire as a heroic force.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:08.89,0:18:14.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Simply battling to maintain \Nthe proper social order.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:14.48,0:18:20.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This fanciful remembrance would\Nhelp fuel the Klans revival.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:20.04,0:18:24.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On Thanksgiving Eve 1915,\N16 men gathered on top \N
Dialogue: 0,0:18:24.56,0:18:27.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of Stone Mountain in Georgia.\NAs night fell,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:27.94,0:18:32.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a towering cross was ignited \Nand the Ku Klux Klan was reborn.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:32.73,0:18:36.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The organizer of the spectacle \Nwas a preacher turned salesman
Dialogue: 0,0:18:36.06,0:18:40.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,named William Joseph Simmons.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:40.52,0:18:43.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(David Chalmers)\NWilliam J. Simmons was a failed
Dialogue: 0,0:18:43.06,0:18:47.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Methodist Clergyman \Nwho had left, left the cloth
Dialogue: 0,0:18:47.51,0:18:51.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in order to become \Na fraternal organizer.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:51.56,0:18:54.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Simmons claimed the idea of \Nstarting a new klan
Dialogue: 0,0:18:54.14,0:18:56.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,came to him in a vision.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:56.61,0:18:59.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The birth of the group was simply\Na matter of timing.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:59.79,0:19:02.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The moment arrived with \Nthe release of one of
Dialogue: 0,0:19:02.50,0:19:05.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the greatest cinematic \Nachievements of its time.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:05.74,0:19:12.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[music]
Dialogue: 0,0:19:12.43,0:19:15.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just days following \Nthe Stone Mountain cross burning
Dialogue: 0,0:19:15.38,0:19:18.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Birth of a Nation was \Nreleased in the south.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:18.37,0:19:21.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,D.W. Griffiths film was played\Nto sold out theaters.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:21.76,0:19:25.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The film making was flawless.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:25.42,0:19:28.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The history was not.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:28.82,0:19:32.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Julian Bond)\NIn the Birth of a Nation,\Nthe clan is a heroic force.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:32.62,0:19:34.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is the defender \Nof white womanhood
Dialogue: 0,0:19:34.54,0:19:37.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,against the ravages \Nof the newly freed slaves,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:37.58,0:19:40.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these animals, these beasts \Nwhose main purpose in life
Dialogue: 0,0:19:40.52,0:19:42.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was to ravage white women.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:42.34,0:19:45.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a heroic force, \Nit's a noble force.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:45.49,0:19:49.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(narrator) \NIn the films climatic scene,\Na group of hooded Klansmen
Dialogue: 0,0:19:49.34,0:19:52.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ride to the rescue \Nof the film's imperiled heroin
Dialogue: 0,0:19:52.85,0:19:57.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as she threatened by \Nlust crazed, black men.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:57.17,0:20:00.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Julian Bond)\NBlack Americans reacted to \NBirth of a Nation
Dialogue: 0,0:20:00.02,0:20:03.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with horror, with protest, \Nwith demonstrations.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:03.20,0:20:06.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was an assault on Black America\Nat a time when there were
Dialogue: 0,0:20:06.42,0:20:09.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,no depictions of black people \Nas human being.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:09.63,0:20:11.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This depicted us as beasts
Dialogue: 0,0:20:11.76,0:20:16.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and depicted these criminals \Nas heroes and saviors.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:16.57,0:20:18.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(narrator)\NDespite it's historical \Ninaccuracies,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:18.33,0:20:22.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the gained legitimacy after\NPresident Woodrow Wilson
Dialogue: 0,0:20:22.15,0:20:24.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,screened the epic \Nin the White House.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:24.63,0:20:28.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"It is like writing history with \Nlightening", the President said,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:28.51,0:20:33.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"my only regret is that it is \Nall so terribly true."
Dialogue: 0,0:20:33.94,0:20:36.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Wyn Craig Wade)\NThe effect of the film \Nwas enormous.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:36.81,0:20:42.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Um, it increased hatred toward\Nblacks, it made people believe
Dialogue: 0,0:20:42.91,0:20:45.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the history that \Nwas portrayed in it.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:45.51,0:20:50.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even ministers endorsed it\Nand it just had a great effect
Dialogue: 0,0:20:50.61,0:20:54.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on changing peoples \Nattitudes towards blacks and
Dialogue: 0,0:20:54.93,0:21:00.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,convincing them that these people \Nreally do need to be controlled.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:00.62,0:21:06.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(narrator)\NAt his Atlanta home, \NSimmons mapped out
Dialogue: 0,0:21:06.79,0:21:11.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the vehicle of control \Nin a manual called, the Kloran.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:11.22,0:21:16.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The handbook described the Klan's\Nsecret rights, rituals, and oaths.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:18.39,0:21:21.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It defined the meanings \Nof strange names
Dialogue: 0,0:21:21.03,0:21:24.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,created for Klan ceremonies,\Nregence and officers.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:24.84,0:21:29.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Simmons bestowed upon himself\Nthe title of Imperial Wizard,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:29.12,0:21:33.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Emperor of the invisible empire.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:33.55,0:21:36.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As Simmons set forth to build \Nhis kingdom,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:36.14,0:21:39.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he found recruits hard to come by.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:39.39,0:21:43.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But Klan publicist devised a \Nsales pitch based on the slogan
Dialogue: 0,0:21:43.99,0:21:47.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,100% Americanism.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:47.10,0:21:50.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The new Klan would be a\Npatriotic organization for
Dialogue: 0,0:21:50.17,0:21:53.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,American born, \Nwhite Protestants only.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:53.66,0:21:57.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was no longer enough for \Nthe Klan to be antiblack,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:57.05,0:22:01.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it now added Jews, Catholics, \Nand immigrants to its
Dialogue: 0,0:22:01.29,0:22:03.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,list of enemies.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:04.98,0:22:08.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The recruitment strategy was \Na spectacular success.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:08.40,0:22:14.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Within 15 months the Klan enrolled \Nmore than 100 thousand new members.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:14.42,0:22:19.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Klan had tapped a fear in\Nmillions of Americans.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:19.83,0:22:24.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Wyn Craig Wade)\NIn the 20's, a strong portion \Nof American felt invaded.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:24.76,0:22:29.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They felt invaded by immigrants,\NCatholics were growing in number,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:29.99,0:22:34.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they felt America was \Nno longer the America they knew.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:34.75,0:22:39.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so there was strong feeling \Nthat they wanted to restore America
Dialogue: 0,0:22:39.76,0:22:43.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the Klan \Npromised them that too.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:43.01,0:22:45.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(narrator) \NBut as the Klan grew, \Nso did its problems.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:45.92,0:22:51.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Rumors spend about Klan leadership\Nmisappropriating funds.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:51.42,0:22:55.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Rank and file Klansmen took to heart \Nthe fiery rhetoric being used
Dialogue: 0,0:22:55.98,0:23:03.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to increase membership and \Nacts of violence began to occur.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:03.26,0:23:08.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Klan was rocked by bad press\Nin 1921 based on information
Dialogue: 0,0:23:08.11,0:23:11.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,supplied by a former Klan recruiter.\N
Dialogue: 0,0:23:11.22,0:23:14.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The New York World Newspaper\Nran a scathing expose,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:14.85,0:23:22.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the paper detailed Klan atrocities \Nand financial irregularities.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:22.12,0:23:26.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In response, Congress held \Nhearings into Klan actives.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:26.60,0:23:29.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The star witness, \NImperial Wizard Simmons
Dialogue: 0,0:23:29.50,0:23:34.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,denied all accusations \Nand dazzled the Senators.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:34.07,0:23:38.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The committee adjourned \Nwithout taking any action.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:38.24,0:23:41.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Amazingly, the investigation \Nhad the opposite effect
Dialogue: 0,0:23:41.40,0:23:44.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from which they were intended.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:44.87,0:23:47.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Simmons claimed the publicity \Nwas instrumental in the growth
Dialogue: 0,0:23:47.88,0:23:50.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the Klan.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:50.50,0:23:54.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(voice of Simmons)\NIt wan't until the newpapers \Nbegan to attack the Klan
Dialogue: 0,0:23:54.31,0:23:58.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that it really grew.\NCertain newspapers aided us by
Dialogue: 0,0:23:58.06,0:24:00.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,inducing Congress \Nto investigate us.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:00.38,0:24:04.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The result was that Congress gave \Nus the best advertising we ever got.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:04.37,0:24:07.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Congress made us.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:08.01,0:24:12.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The History Channel returns to\NKu Klux Klan, a Secret History.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:12.91,0:24:24.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[music]
Dialogue: 0,0:24:24.13,0:24:27.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(narrator) \NRiding a wave of publicity \Nfrom the newspaper exposes
Dialogue: 0,0:24:27.61,0:24:31.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Congressional hearing,\Nthe Klan bursts out of the South
Dialogue: 0,0:24:31.38,0:24:35.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in an incredible surge of growth.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:35.38,0:24:38.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Klaverns arose in \Nevery state of the union.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:39.52,0:24:43.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,New members willingly paid \Na $10 initiation fee
Dialogue: 0,0:24:43.06,0:24:47.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the privilege of donning \Nthe robe and hood.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:49.01,0:24:53.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Klan recruiters used the Protestant \Nchurch to their full advantage.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:53.16,0:24:56.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They persuaded local ministers\Nto join the Klan by offering
Dialogue: 0,0:24:56.72,0:25:01.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,free membership \Nand a position of leadership.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:03.44,0:25:07.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Klansmen would then make a \Nmysterious call on the congregation.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:07.97,0:25:10.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(David Chalmers)\NWith prior arrangement \Nby the minister,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:10.17,0:25:13.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they would appear during \Nthe service on Sunday morning,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:13.33,0:25:16.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,make a donation to the church,\Nwhich the minister
Dialogue: 0,0:25:16.73,0:25:20.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,would receive and bless\Nand then they would withdraw
Dialogue: 0,0:25:20.19,0:25:26.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the people would know that\Nthe Klan was now in town.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:27.23,0:25:29.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(narrator)\NWhen the Klan wrapped its message \N
Dialogue: 0,0:25:29.17,0:25:31.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the sacred symbols \Nof Christianity
Dialogue: 0,0:25:31.17,0:25:34.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the hollowed cloth of \Nthe American flag
Dialogue: 0,0:25:34.06,0:25:39.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it found new members \Neasily induced to join.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:39.06,0:25:42.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Morris S. Dees, Jr.)\NIn order to recruit, \Nthe Klan has to have a message
Dialogue: 0,0:25:42.88,0:25:46.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's palatable and \Nif the Klan message was
Dialogue: 0,0:25:46.56,0:25:50.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,join the Klan and \Nwe'll lynch a black
Dialogue: 0,0:25:50.99,0:25:54.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or we'll burn a building.\NVery few people would join the Klan
Dialogue: 0,0:25:54.08,0:25:58.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the Klan kind of cloaks \Nits goals in,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:58.40,0:26:03.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,good and Christian and right and \Nmoral and just and patriotic purposes.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:03.12,0:26:11.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(narrator)\NBy 1922, 3 million white American\Nhad joined the hooded order.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:11.30,0:26:15.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The stereotype of Klan members\Nas unschooled and savage
Dialogue: 0,0:26:15.83,0:26:17.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is inaccurate.\N\N
Dialogue: 0,0:26:17.06,0:26:21.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Klan membership in the 1920's\Nrepresented a cross section
Dialogue: 0,0:26:21.07,0:26:25.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the white Protestant community.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:25.44,0:26:28.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At the same time, \NAmerican women were demanding
Dialogue: 0,0:26:28.29,0:26:31.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,equal rights.\NWomen who supported klan ideals
Dialogue: 0,0:26:31.95,0:26:36.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,demanded entrance into \Nthe invisible empire.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:36.15,0:26:38.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There overtures resulted in the\Nformation of the
Dialogue: 0,0:26:38.52,0:26:44.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Women of the Ku Klux Klan\Nand other women klan organizations.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:47.77,0:26:56.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At it heights, 500 thousand women\Nwere members of the Ku Klux Klan.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:56.74,0:27:00.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With millions now counting themselves \Nas members of the hooded order,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:00.13,0:27:04.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Ku Klux Klan became \Nthe great social organization
Dialogue: 0,0:27:04.36,0:27:10.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for much of white Protestant \NAmerica in the 1920's.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:10.07,0:27:12.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Klan demonstrated \Nits popularity
Dialogue: 0,0:27:12.80,0:27:16.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with its own form pageantry.\NMain street parades,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:16.26,0:27:21.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the marches were exhibitions \Nof might and spectacle.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:21.60,0:27:26.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As Klan membership roles grew,\Nso did its political power.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:26.95,0:27:29.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the national arena,\Nthe Klan helped to elect
Dialogue: 0,0:27:29.40,0:27:33.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,16 United States Senators,\N5 of who were sworn Klan members.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:33.100,0:27:37.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of the five, Hugo Black,\Nrecanted his allegiance
Dialogue: 0,0:27:37.95,0:27:42.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when he later became \Na Supreme Court Justice.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:42.50,0:27:46.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,From California to New Jersey,\Nvoters elected Klan backed candidates
Dialogue: 0,0:27:46.35,0:27:49.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to a variety of statewide \Nand local offices.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:49.80,0:27:52.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Julian Bond)\NYou couldn't run for \Npublic office in some places
Dialogue: 0,0:27:52.30,0:27:55.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,unless you had the \NKlan endorsement and Klan support
Dialogue: 0,0:27:55.74,0:27:58.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it had this \Nenormous membership and it enjoyed
Dialogue: 0,0:27:58.58,0:28:01.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the sympathy of nonmembers,\Nwho may not have always
Dialogue: 0,0:28:01.41,0:28:04.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,condoned the most horrific \Nand brutal acts
Dialogue: 0,0:28:04.62,0:28:08.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but who thought the Klan serviced\Na role in helping tamp down
Dialogue: 0,0:28:08.11,0:28:13.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these disatant elements in society.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:13.30,0:28:22.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[music]
Dialogue: 0,0:28:22.46,0:28:24.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Klan philosophy \Nwas one of exclusion.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:24.96,0:28:30.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The groups on the out, blacks,\NCatholics, and Jews,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:30.42,0:28:37.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were subject to intimidation,\Neconomic boycott, and violence.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:38.30,0:28:42.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,While the majority of the members\Nabstained from vigilantism,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:42.24,0:28:44.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Klan was responsible for\Nepisodes of racial
Dialogue: 0,0:28:44.81,0:28:48.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and religious terror.\NMost crimes transpired
Dialogue: 0,0:28:48.04,0:28:54.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the South but Klan \Nintimidation was felt nationwide.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:54.39,0:28:57.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Most violence was \Ndirected at Blacks.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:57.50,0:29:04.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were subject to beatings,\Nfloggings, and at times murder.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:07.47,0:29:10.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the Klan mission of the 1920's\Nwas broader than
Dialogue: 0,0:29:10.77,0:29:13.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the intimidation \Nof African Americans.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:13.39,0:29:17.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Portland, Oregon's exalted \NCyclope once observed,
Dialogue: 0,0:29:17.02,0:29:20.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the only way to cure a Catholic\Nis to kill em.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:20.87,0:29:23.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,While few Klansmen advocated \Nthe murder of Catholics,
Dialogue: 0,0:29:23.70,0:29:29.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the anti-Catholic sentiment \Nwas a lure for new members.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:29.42,0:29:32.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because of their abundant numbers\NCatholics bore the brunt of
Dialogue: 0,0:29:32.86,0:29:37.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Klan religious terrorism.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:37.14,0:29:42.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But those of the Jewish faith were\Nequally despised by the Klan.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:42.54,0:29:45.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Klan was able to operate\Noutside the law
Dialogue: 0,0:29:45.13,0:29:52.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because in many communities\Nit's members were the law.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:52.94,0:29:57.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the last half of 1922, \NMorehouse Parish, Louisiana \N
Dialogue: 0,0:29:57.01,0:30:00.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was run by the Klan.\NBecause the hooded order
Dialogue: 0,0:30:00.09,0:30:03.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,had infiltrated the law enforcement,\NKlansmen were confident
Dialogue: 0,0:30:03.77,1:28:07.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they could get away with anything,\Neven murder.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,1:28:08.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,...