Yes, George, in my gr-grandfather's memoirs, he speaks of Klan activities
in Central Mississippi (Attala County), but mentions no names, except in
one instance and that was a surname only. Today, if I make even the most
discreet inquiry into who in those days were known to be Klan, the silence is
deafening. I get the impression, some names are known, but no names will
be mentioned for those same Klan members from Reconstrucion days still
have descendants living in the same area and the lsat thing anyone living
today wants to become public knowledge is that one or more of their ancestors
was in the Klan. It remains a secret society and the only hints you can find
about named Klan are in diaries, letters and so on - and in precious few of
them. It is almost as if the remnants of the old Klan remained in place today,
but buried so deep under the surface of everyday life as not to be known