A Ku Klux Klan mailer asking the reader to buy only American goods, 1940.

This letter from the Ku Klux Klan is concerned with Americans buying only from Christian, American businesses. The letterhead at the top says "The Klan Rides Again. Communism Will Not Be Tolerated."

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“Ku Klux Klan mailer asking reader to buy only American goods,” Digital Public Library of America, https://dp.la/item/900f611a6436ec199875fc78f06abea6
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