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William J. Simmons

American colonel and preacher

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association with Ku Klux Klan

  • Ku Klux Klan: 2016 rally
    In Ku Klux Klan: Revival of the Ku Klux Klan

    William J. Simmons, a preacher and promoter of fraternal orders who had been inspired by Thomas Dixon’s book The Clansman (1905) and D.W. Griffith’s film The Birth of a Nation (1915). The new organization remained small until Edward Y. Clarke and Elizabeth Tyler brought to…

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  • The Birth of a Nation
    In The Birth of a Nation

    William J. Simmons, a preacher and promoter of fraternal orders, led a cross burning on Stone Mountain that marked the beginning of a new era of KKK activity.

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