IT'S ABOUT TIMEEEEEEEE!

An article from the Washington Post today talked about the Ku Klux Klan. On Christmas Day in 1951, Harry and Harriette Moore's house was blown up. The Moore's lived right outside Orlando. At this time, there was a Florida Klan, the four suspects had all been part of it. The four suspects all had experience with dynamite as well. Harry was the leader of the Brevard County Branch of the NAACP in Florida. He died on the night of the explosion, and his wife Harriette died nine days later. As of now, there have been investigators excavating their home, trying to uncover what truly happened over fifty years ago.


In May 1886, the first branch of the Ku Klux Klan was started in Tennessee. Several of the leaders had been members of the Confederate Army. Their traditional garb included white cardboard hats and white sheets, which they had draped over them. The Klan was reformed in 1915 by a preacher named William J. Simmons. Coincidentally, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), was the Klan's most significant opponent. Harry Moore happened to establish one in Florida.