File:Visit of the Ku-Klux 1872.jpg

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"Visit of the Ku-Klux". Drawn by Frank Bellew, 1872.

Engraving showing African American family in a humble home. Woman is cooking at the fireplace, man seated alongside, and three children. A masked man from Ku Klux Klan is aiming a rifle in doorway; two more masked figures also peek in.
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Engraving drawn by Frank Bellew, published in Harper's Weekly, v. 16, no. 791 (1872 Feb. 24), p. 160.

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