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Superman versus the Ku Klux Klan: The True Story of How the Iconic Superhero Battled the Men of Hate Highlight
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— Richard BowersThe apologists of the Klan recast its atrocities as heroics and spread fanciful myths about its origin and purpose. For example, most white Southerners believed that the club chose the name Ku Klux Klan not because of its mysterious sound but because it simulated the sound of cocking and discharging a firearm.
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