[Maceman]

He and his brother were members of the Ku Klux Klan during a period in which it terrorized black communities through lynchings and shootings and dozens of murders.

In other words, they were Democrats.

[Anima Mundi]

Good point, (in other words they were Democrats). Idea sparked here...no reference should be made to the Klan without the modifier “Democrat”...as in, “he was a member of the Democrat Klan.”