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Stetson Kennedy, Who Infiltrated and Exposed the Klan, Dies at 94

The New York Times

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August 30, 2011

Stetson Kennedy, a folklorist and social crusader who infiltrated the Ku Klux Klan in the 1940s and wrote a lurid exposé of its activities, “I Rode With the Ku Klux Klan,” died on Saturday in St. Augustine, Fla. He was 94.

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  1. Walterius said,

    on September 1st, 2011 at 6:30 pm

    Rest easy, bro.

  2. Daniel said,

    on September 2nd, 2011 at 3:39 pm

    In 1967 I graduated from a segregated HS in Jacksonville Florida named after Nathan Bedford Forrest. Jacksonville Florida (Duval County) would honor itself by re-naming this HS after William Stetson Kennedy.
    What symmetry!
    What irony!

  3. Jack said,

    on September 2nd, 2011 at 8:51 pm

    Re-nameing the school after William Stetson Kennedy speaks well for Jacksonville and Duval County Florida. There are still some stinkin , rotten , places that unfortunately are hanging on. MLK, Jr will be honored this weekend ( 09-04 ) and without his contributions we wwouldn’t be as far as we are.

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