PatYoung
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Confederate veteran William Simkins became a respected law professor at the University of Texas at Austin. In between the war and the law he helped found the Ku Klux Klan in Florida. On Thanksgiving Day 1914 he spoke to his students about his years as a terrorist. This is his story.
Confederate Veteran William Simkins Describes His Role in the Ku Klux Klan - The Reconstruction Era
William Simkins was a professor of law at the University of Texas in Austin on Thanksgiving in 1914 when he decided to use his speech...
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