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When the Klan came to town 100 years ago, Carnegie residents fought back — and things got bloody

Saturday, Aug. 25, 1923 Around 4 in the afternoon, young men dressed as soldiers and armed with revolvers appeared on the streets of Carnegie, five miles southwest of Pittsburgh. Only they weren’t soldiers. They stepped into the borough’s streets acting as self-appointed police officers and began directing traffic. Soon, hundreds of automobiles bearing white crosses […]