Black Legion (political movement)
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black-legion-political-movement-164-18745329
title:
Black Legion (political movement)
text:
The Black Legion was a white supremacist terrorist organization and hate group which was active in the Midwestern United States in the 1920s and the 1930s. It split off from the Ku Klux Klan and grew to prominence during the Great Depression. According to historian Rick Perlstein, the FBI estimated that its membership numbered "at 135,000, including a large number of public officials, including Detroit's police chief." Historian Peter H. Amann put the number at between 60,000 and 100,000, while
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description:
American white supremacist terrorist organization active in the 1930s
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Legion_(political_movement)
date created:
2005-01-04T03:21:34Z
date modified:
2024-08-29T09:01:29Z
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