Buffalo Takes on the Ku Klux Klan

By Cynthia Van Ness - October 17, 2012

In the early 1920s, the city and its mayor, Francis X. Schwab, took a dramatic stand against a resurgent Ku Klux Klan that boasted thousands of local members.

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