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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;morgen94, post: 9929548, member: 217&quot;]Well, yes, that was sort of what I meant...that I have no way of confirming <u>any</u> of this. For example, my first thought when I found the pin was that the fastener on the back was from about the 1890&#039;s, but when I read the post about the KKK affiliation, I realized I have no earthly idea how long the Klan has been around. If they were around that long ago, could this be connected to them as suggested?</p><p><br /></p><p>I did a bit of research and decided I will now try to eliminate the suggested KKK connection. I would like to know the OP&#039;s source(s) of information about this, but until I learn that I will start by contacting a curator at the Smithsonian&#039;s National Museum of African American History and Culture about it. I then also found some names of university-affiliated scholars of black history and will ask them about it. When I am satisfied that there is no connection, I will donate it to a charity, or something similar.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thank you all for the help.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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