| SENATOR BLACK - KLU KLUX KLAN (aka UNITED STATES or JUDGE BLACK or JUSTICE BLACK) Judge Black and Grand Dragon Baskin refuse to admit to Black's membership of | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 6348 |
| Catalog #: | 255588 | |
| Clip Number: | 255588-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 37/80 | |
| Timecode: | 01:42:48 - 01:44:07 | |
| Location: | United States of America (USA). | |
| Year Shot: | 1937 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | GOVERNMENT: United States, Supreme Court LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA OCCUPATIONS: Journalism, Reporters ORGANIZATIONS: Ku Klux Klan (KKK) | |
| Description: | Controversy over Judge Black's alleged membership of the Klu Klux Klan United States of America (USA). Various shots of a group of news reporters interviewing J. L. Baskin, Grand Dragon of the Klu Klux Klan (KKK). Baskin sits in an armchair looking smug. The journalists repeatedly ask him whether Justice Black is a member of the Klan. Baskin refuses to confirm or deny anything. He tells them to ask Senator Black for an answer. He also states that he is proud of his own membership in the Klan. Norfolk, Virginia. Justice Hugo Black (aka Senator Black) arrives from Europe by ship. A crowd of journalists greet him on quay. The reporters ask him if he is a member of the Klu Klux Klan. Black laughs and evades making a definite answer ("Why should I have to tell you that for?"). | |
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