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Sheriff of Rapides Parish summons 200 African American men to chase away the Ku Klux Klan in Alexandria Louisiana in 1868.

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Contact Information	For information or permission to use/publish, contact: LAColl@state.lib.la.us
Title	Sheriff of Rapides Parish summons 200 African American men to chase away the Ku Klux Klan in Alexandria Louisiana in 1868.
Subject	United States. Works Progress Administration of Louisiana Ku Klux Klan African Americans Racism Sheriffs Crowds
Description	Text, April 29, 1868. The Ku Klux Klan. Published in the Louisiana Democrat. Sheriff of Rapides Parish summons 200 African American men to chase away the Ku Klux Klan in Alexandria Louisiana. The Klan was threatening death and destruction to all "Radicals." The article seems to allude to a drawing or sketch not found in the WPA's transcription.
Notes	Source: Louisiana Democrat. April 29, 1868. Page 2. Column 4.
Publisher	Louisiana Democrat (Alexandria, La.)
Date	1868-04-29
Type	image
Format	jpeg
Identifier	http://louisdl.louislibraries.org/cgi-bin/queryresults.exe?&CISOROOT1=/LWP&CISOFIELD1=object&CISOBOX1=wp004090
Source	State Library of Louisiana (http://www.state.lib.la.us)
Language	en
Relation	http://cdm16313.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/landingpage/collection/LWP
Coverage-Spatial	Alexandria (La.); Rapides Parish (La.)
Rights	Physical rights are retained by the State Library of Louisiana. Copyright is retained in accordance with U. S. copyright laws.
Object File Name	wp004090
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