Path: bloom-picayune.mit.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!americast.com!americast.com!americast-post Newsgroups: americast.twt.news From: americast-post@AmeriCast.Com Organization: American Cybercasting Approved: americast-post@AmeriCast.com Subject: Rights leader blasts auction of KKK items Date: Mon, 2 Nov 92 15:45:13 EST Message-ID: \SE A;NATION;AMERICAN SCENE;MIDWEST \HD Rights leader blasts auction of KKK items \BY FROM WIRE DISPATCHES AND STAFF REPORTS \DT FREMONT, Mich. FREMONT, Mich. - Hundreds of people, from collectors to the curious, showed up Saturday to bid on Ku Klux Klan memorabilia at an event that a civil rights leader blasted as reminiscent of a slave auction. Among the 250 items offered were stained cotton robes and hoods, as well as aging documents and letters from a now-defunct Klan chapter that operated in the Newaygo County area in the 1920s. "It reminds me of the auction of the slaves," said Gloria White Gardner, executive director of the Urban League of Muskegon County. "I'm offended because my ancestors lived through the reign of terror by this organization." Mrs. Gardner and Ted Davis, who are black, tried unsuccessfully to obtain a court order halting the auction. This article is copyright 1992 The Washington Times. Redistribution to other sites is not permitted except by arrangement with American Cybercasting Corporation. For more information, send-email to usa@AmeriCast.COM