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Distro - Ku Klux Klan, 2015 

Peter van Agtmael 

In 2015, Peter van Agtmael traveled to Tennessee and Maryland to document Ku Klux Klan meetings and rituals including a wedding and “cross lighting”, forever identified with the terror tactics of the KKK.

According to the Southern Poverty Law Center, as of 2015 there were 190 KKK groups in the US with their combined membership numbering between 5,000 and 8,000. Klan chapters maintain an anti-immigrant, white supremacist stance but are greatly fractured in their approach - some groups are openly militant while others have attempted to enter the mainstream by substituting overt hate-speech with... 

Peter van Agtmael 2015

2015. Tennessee. USA. The wedding of two members of the KKK... 

Peter van Agtmael 2015

2015. Maryland. USA. A member of the KKK is introduced by a... 

Peter van Agtmael 2015

2015. Tennessee. USA. The wedding of two members of the KKK... 

Peter van Agtmael 2015

2015. Tennessee. USA. The wedding of two members of the KKK... 

Peter van Agtmael 2015

2015. Tennessee. USA. A cross lighting after the wedding of... 

Peter van Agtmael 2015

2015. Tennessee. USA. Leroy, the dog of two KKK members, wearing... 

Peter van Agtmael 2015

2015. Maryland. USA. A member of the KKK (R) shoots his handgun... 

Peter van Agtmael 2015

2015. Maryland. USA. The wife of a member of the KKK at a gathering... 

Peter van Agtmael 2015

2015. Tennessee. USA. KKK member wraps a cross for a cross lighting... 

Peter van Agtmael 2015

2015. Tennessee. USA. The wedding of two members of the KKK... 

Peter van Agtmael 2015

2015. Tennessee. USA. A cross lighting after the wedding of... 

Peter van Agtmael 2015

2015. Maryland. USA. A KKK BBQ and cross lighting/burning ritual... 

Peter van Agtmael 2015

2015. Tennessee. USA. The wedding cake of two KKK members, married... 

Peter van Agtmael 2015

2015. Maryland. USA. A member of the KKK at his home. 

Peter van Agtmael 2015

USA. Maryland. 2015. A member of the KKK after a cross lighting/burning.... 

Peter van Agtmael 2015

2015. Maryland. USA. A Trump support sign on the lawn of a neighbor... 

Peter van Agtmael 2015

2015. Tennessee. USA. A KKK member at his barn in rural Tennessee... 

Peter van Agtmael 2015

2015. Maryland. USA. A new member is inducted into the KKK at... 

Peter van Agtmael 2015

2015. Tennessee. USA. A cross lighting after the wedding of... 

Peter van Agtmael 2015

2015. Tennessee. USA. A cross lighting after the wedding of... 

Peter van Agtmael 2015

2015. Tennessee. USA. A cross lighting after the wedding of... 

Peter van Agtmael 2015

2015. Maryland. USA. A KKK cross lighting/burning ritual in... 

Peter van Agtmael 2015

2015. Maryland. USA. A new member is inducted into the KKK at... 

Peter van Agtmael 2015

2015. Maryland. USA. Members of the KKK gather for a BBQ and... 

Peter van Agtmael 2015

2015. Tennessee. USA. The wedding of two members of the KKK... 

Peter van Agtmael 2015

2015. Maryland. USA. A KKK members puts away his robe after... 

Peter van Agtmael 2015

2015. Tennessee. USA. A cross lighting after the wedding of... 

Peter van Agtmael 2015

2015. Maryland. USA. A member of the KKK addresses a small crowd... 

Peter van Agtmael 2015

2015. Maryland. USA. A member of the KKK describes his belief... 

Peter van Agtmael 2015

2015. Tennessee. USA. An Anne Frank poster in the barn of a... 

Peter van Agtmael 2015

2015. Maryland. USA. Gun targets with President Barack Obama's... 
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