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Klansmen 'Took Great Pride' in Refining Bombing Skills

January 22, 2009
  • Concordia Sentinel
Stanley Nelson
The Silver Dollar Group

The sons of a high-ranking Silver Dollar Group Klansman, Earcel Boyd Sr., remember how their father and his friends would often experiment to try and perfect their homemade bombs. The Silver Dollar Group is thought to be responsible for the car bombing of two Natchez NAACP leaders.

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