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[bronze_ribbons]

My search skillz having failed me, I turn to the all-knowing readership: rumor has it that one of the co-founders of the KKK was a Unitarian. What was his name? (And, as long as I'm asking, what's your source? This detail is apparently a longstanding item of UU lore in some circles, and I'd like to verify whether it's actually true before I go repeating it.)

Update:
* Still the crud. It's apparently only bronchitis (went in for x-rays yesterday to confirm), but it's literally tiresome and I'm hoping this new batch of meds gets it gone.
* Also insomnia, but as a result, this Sunday's sermon is nearly finished. Go me!
* Claire Huchet Bishop's Twenty and Ten (1952). 76 pages, ages 8-12. Twenty French children help ten Jewish ones hide from the Nazis. Surprisingly fitting for this season.
* Asparagus on sale! Roasted the spears and made soup out of the snap-offs.
* Finished a gift I'd been meaning to pull together since July.
* Hundreds of pages to go before I sleep. Onwards...

Comments

[http://users.livejournal.com/_saint_cecilia_/]

There is a chapter on the KKK in that popular book "Freakonomics."
I think the history was mentioned there, and (since the book itself may not be the greatest source) it has a bibliography.
Hope this helps!

[busaikko]

The first thing I did when I saw this post was reach for Freakonomics. *bonds with you across vast distances*

In the Notes, they cite books like The Fiery Cross: The Ku Klux Klan in America and Hooded Americanism: The First Century of the Ku Klux Kalan 1865-1965.

[mechaieh.livejournal.com]

Thank you both! *moves book higher on To Read Someday list*