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2024-08-12 16:29:29 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 95E59A1FA15A77B2C98A5AE53CF6B3E676B38B183D85784E690D4137997A91F7
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It is true that the 1924 Democratic convention in New York City was derisively called the "Klanbake", but this photo is from a Ku Klux Klan event months later in Wisconsin. https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Image/IM1902 https://www.sheboyganpress.com/story/news/local/2015/12/11/sheboygan-experienced-kkks-wrath/76986938/ https://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/disp_textbook.cfm?smtID=2&psid=3393 https://www.reuters.com/article/world/fact-check-photograph-shows-1924-kkk-parade-not-dnc-idUSKBN2471X3/
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