The Mississippi Department of Public Safety uncovers rare KKK artifacts in one of its offices

KKK Materials Found in Suitcase During Department of Public Safety Move, Including Charter for Group That Killed Civil Rights Workers

“Who owned it? Why was it there?” asks Dr. Alon Milwicki, a senior research analyst at the Southern Poverty Law CenterThe suitcase found at DPS; Samuel H. Bowers Jr., imperial wizard of the Mississippi White Knights.Credit: Mississippi Department of Archives and History; BettmannNEED TO KNOWWhile moving to new headquarters, staffers at the Mississippi Department of Public Safety located a suitcase filled with Ku Klux Klan materials dating back t…

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The Mississippi Department of Public Safety uncovers rare KKK artifacts in one of its offices

A notebook with meeting minutes and a ledger are among the Ku Klux Klan-related items found recently when a Mississippi government office was cleared out.

Of Course They Found A Ku Klux Klan Hood Inside A Mississippi Police Office

Source: Mississippi Department of Public Safety / MDPS So, the Mississippi Department of Public Safety says it stumbled across a Ku Klux Klan robe, handbook, membership lists, and propaganda while cleaning out a closet for a move. The items were packed inside a small blue suitcase that had been tucked away and forgotten, as if it were some dusty relic from a bygone era. That’s the story being told. It’s being dressed up as an accident, softened …

Ku Klux Klan Items Found at Mississippi Department of Public Safety

Republished with permission from Mississippi Today, by Jerry Mitchell Inside a small blue suitcase, they found a handbook for the White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, the most violent white supremacist group in the 1960s, which carried out at least 10 killings. Officials also found Klan charters, a Klan robe, KKK recruitment materials, propaganda, meeting notes, ledgers and a list of members who paid—or didn’t pay—their dues. “If only that robe co…

Mississippi Moving Its HQ Uncovers KKK Robes and Member Lists Hidden in a State Office Closet

A routine relocation for the Mississippi Department of Public Safety recently unearthed a chilling reminder of a dark historical era. While packing up to move to a new headquarters, state law enforcement officials discovered a forgotten suitcase hidden inside a storage closet. The unassuming luggage contained a shocking trove of Ku Klux Klan artefacts dating back to the volatile period of the 1960s. Finding something like this inside a governmen…