KKK to hold protest rally against efforts to banish Confederate flag
The Ku Klux Klan will hold a rally at the South Carolina State House next month to protest efforts to remove the Confederate flag from the Capitol grounds.
Any group can request to hold a rally at the State House as long as its grounds are available, said Brian Gaines, a spokesman for the South Carolina Budget and Control Board.
The Loyal White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan requested the rally from 3 to 5pm on July 18, Gaines said. It is expecting 100 to 200 to attend.
Calling itself the "Largest Klan in America", the Loyal White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan are based in Pelham, North Carolina, according to the group's website.
A man identifying himself as the "grand titan" of the North Carolina chapter of the Loyal White Knights left a message with The State saying his group is holding the demonstration because "to us they are erasing white history and white culture right out of the history books. That's why they want to take that flag down."
