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Examples of Ku Klux Klansman in a Sentence
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Back in 1991, the Louisiana governor’s race came down to Ku Klux Klansman David Duke and convicted criminal Edwin Edwards.
—Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review, 30 June 2024
In 2002, a jury in Birmingham, Alabama, convicted former Ku Klux Klansman Bobby Cherry on four counts of first-degree murder for the deaths of four Black girls in a church bombing in 1963.
—Lorenzino Estrada, The Arizona Republic, 22 May 2024
The email included an image of a Ku Klux Klansman giving a Nazi salute.
—Emmanuel Felton, Washington Post, 17 Sep. 2022
In 1991, Louisiana faced a troubling prospect: neo-Nazi and former Ku Klux Klansman David Duke had made it to the runoff in the race for governor.
—Staff Report, NOLA.com, 17 Aug. 2020
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First Known Use
1868, in the meaning defined above
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“Ku Klux Klansman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Ku%20Klux%20Klansman. Accessed 14 Nov. 2024.
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