Kleagle

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Kleagle is the title held by a form of Ku Klux Klan officer whose role is to recruit new members.

Kleagle is also the rank held by Edgar Ray Killen, a Mississippi Klansman long suspected of involvement in a notorious civil rights movement murder that was subject of the movie Mississippi Burning. He was found guilty of manslaughter on June 21, 2005.

Additionally, Kleagle is a rank once held by current West Virginia Senator Robert Byrd, though he has since disavowed this title and any other connection with the Ku Klux Klan. [1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Pianin, Eric. "A Senator's Shame: Byrd, in His New Book, Again Confronts Early Ties to KKK", Washington Post, 2005-06-19, pp. A01. Retrieved on 2006-10-03. (English)
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