The part of the card that grabbed my attention was the back side, with its “six pledges” concerning the “Personal Code” of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan. PERSONAL CODE 1. To untiringly work for the preservation, protection, and advancement of the white race 2. To forever be loyal to the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan—as the only true Klan 3. To obey all orders from the officers of the Empire 4. To keep secret all fellow members and Klan rituals 5. To never discuss any Klan affairs with any plain clothes officers on a state, local or national level 6. Fulfill social, fraternal, and
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