Constitution and Laws of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan Incorporated

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A sixty-one page booklet with a tan, paper cover with black ink. At the top center of the recto, text reads: [Constitution / and Laws / OF THE / KNIGHTS OF THE / KU KLUX KLAN/ INCORPORATED]. At the bottom center of the recto, text reads: [IMPERIAL PALACE-INVISIBLE EMPIRE / KNIGHTS of the KU KLUX KLAN / ATLANTA, GEORGIA]. In the center recto, is an image of two hooded klansmen on rearing horses. Between the two horsemen is the phrase [“Non Silba Sed Anthar”]. At the beginning of the book is a [L’ENVOI], a verse It is followed by a [DECLARATION], [THE IMPERIAL PROCLAMATION], and the [KU KLUX KREED]. The constitution establishes their order, their governing body, their legislative body, the organization of the order at the various levels of governance from the Imperial Palace to each individual klan.

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