“If you can denounce Bolshevism, you can denounce Ku Kluxism.”

— David I. Walsh

Speech calling for the condemnation of the Ku Klux Khan at the 1924 Democratic national convention. New York Times: June 29, 1924 https://www.nytimes.com/1924/06/29/archives/text-of-the-klan-debate-arguments-for-and-against-censuring-order.html

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U.S. Senator from Massachusetts (born 1872) 1872–1947

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