... , was a very rare occurrence, and even when it happened, Klansmen were unlikely to be convicted by local Southern juries. "But where it was strong the Invisible Empire elected scores of local officials, state legislators, a few governors, several national representatives, including Earle B. Mayfield of Texas, William J. Harris of Georgia, and ... pressured not to vote. In Mississippi 42% of the population was black yet only 2% registered to vote. On Sunday September 15th, 1963 a white man was seen getting out of a white and turquoise Chevrolet car and placing a box under the steps of the...

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