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The AKKKK drew many of its original members from a group known as the "Knights of Mary Fagan" who had been responsible for the lynching of Leo Frank, a Jewish man found guilty of killing Mary Fagan although doubts always remained about his culpability.

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  • American Knights of the Ku Klux Klan (February's Legacy)
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  • The AKKKK drew many of its original members from a group known as the "Knights of Mary Fagan" who had been responsible for the lynching of Leo Frank, a Jewish man found guilty of killing Mary Fagan although doubts always remained about his culpability.
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  • The AKKKK drew many of its original members from a group known as the "Knights of Mary Fagan" who had been responsible for the lynching of Leo Frank, a Jewish man found guilty of killing Mary Fagan although doubts always remained about his culpability. The mystique and nativist message of the AKKKK proved popular amongst certain group of people as a reaction to the spread of socialism in Europe with its egualitarian and internationalist philosophy. The Knights organisation spread quickly from Georgia to other states and by the early 30s was the largest organisation of its kind. Part of its enlargement was helped by the use of Klavaliers who performed propaganda purposes. While the rank and file were mostly poor uneducated whites, a number of more affluent members of society, including politicians, also joined either as a result of its support or to use it for their own ends. Those in politics were mostly Democrats but almost to a man, they changed their allegiance in 1940 to the AFP. The Party had been formed as a coalition of various groups, including some former rivals such as the Red Shirts and the Black Legion who had secretly pledged support to it but due to politicking and the sheer size of its membership, the AKKKK became the dominant faction to the point that after taking power, all political candidates of the AFP were expected to be members. At its peak, the AKKKK had managed to absorbed the other groups and the AFP was seen by many as little more then its political wing.
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