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Ku Klux Klan rally on the Louisiana State Capitol steps in Baton Rouge in the 1960s

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B&W photo, 1960s. Ku Klux Klan members stage a rally on the Louisiana State Capitol steps as a counter demonstration to African Americans and Civil Rights workers. State Troopers and National Guard form a barricade between KKK and crowd. Baton Rouge, La.The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata.
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Keywords

  1. African Americans
  2. Baton Rouge
  3. Baton Rouge (La.)
  4. Capital And Capitol
  5. Civil Rights
  6. Costume
  7. Demonstrations
  8. Ku Klux Klan (1915)
  9. Louisiana
  10. Louisiana State Capitol (Baton Rouge, La.)
  11. Louisiana. National Guard
  12. Police, State
  13. Race Relations
  14. Segregation
  15. Segregationists
  16. Speeches, Addresses, Etc
  17. White Supremacy Movements

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