One of the organisers of the KKK protest, Grand Dragon Will Quigg, was quoted by Georgia Public Broadcasting as saying they planned a peaceful demonstration.
He distanced himself from Dylann Roof, the alleged Charleston church shooter, and described the KKK as a “white civil rights group”, rather than a white supremacist group.
A recorded voice message at the Loyal White Knights’ office in North Carolina said the protesters were “standing up for our Confederate history”.
It continued: “Our government is trying to erase white culture and our heritage right out of the pages of the history books.
“If you’re white and proud, join the crowd.”
The Loyal White Knights calls itself the largest Klan faction in America and claims to have several thousand active members nationwide.
However, today’s KKK is a shadow of the feared organisation that once boasted five million members 90 years ago.
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