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...struck out at the evils of Prohibition, which he pictured as "Mr. Dry," a sniveling, psalm-singing, bluenosed personification of cant and bigotry. When the Ku Klux Klan invaded the Midwest in the '20s, Kirby flayed its leaders mercilessly. He won three Pulitzer Prizes, the last in 1928 for a pro-Al Smith cartoon, 'Tammany!", which showed a paunchy, string-tied figure labeled "G.O.P." raising his hands in horror at the very thought of Tammany Hall, while behind him stood an unsavory chorus of such figures as Secretary of the Interior Albert Fall, Attorney General Harry Daugherty...
...want to congratulate you on the stand you have taken in the Feb. 25 issue against the Ku Klux Klan. I think all decent people in the South resent the Klan and its activities. The class of people who make up this organization are generally of the lower class, and most of them are very illiterate and easily misled...
...students said that "actually little thought was given to the prank." They pointed out however, "we are very hostile to the Ku Klux Klan because we are aware of the terrible things the Klan has done...
...friends, Arnall was a shining liberal, to his Georgia foes an out & out "nigger lover." He eliminated chains and shackles from Georgia's notorious prisons, had the poll tax repealed, fought for revocation of the Ku Klux Klan's state charter. Barred by law from succeeding himself in office, Arnall in 1946 saw Gene Talmadge sweep back to power, but die before he could take office. (Gene's son Herman was elected governor...
...Winston-Salem daily has long fought for greater education and economic opportunities for Negroes. It has also been violently opposed to a revival of the Ku Klux Klan in the Carolinas...