by Thomas Reiner, Quartz Mountain Commentary, ©2025 “Engraving of Ku Klux Klansmen first published in 1884. The engraving replicates an 1870 photograph taken under the direction of deputy U.S. marshal J. G. Hester, who seized the disguises of arrested North Carolina Klansmen and had the photo taken as a demonstration of what the Klan reportedly […]
