an “American Confederate Army” of ninety-seven cohorts in thirty-one states, all of them prepared to bear arms in the event that the Supreme Court outlawed segregation. At the rally that evening, Hendrix’s “rebel army” voted in support of three measures in its avowed purpose to forestall justice for all: 1. denounce the NAACP and Anti-Defamation League as “hate groups”; 2. retain the hood, robe, and mask as official uniform; and 3. keep the fiery cross as a religious symbol. “Florida must have a few lynchings if its law enforcement officers don’t enforce 100 percent segregation in the
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