The Nation - News from Dec. 18, 1986
The Agriculture Department called for an investigation of possible improper involvement by the Ku Klux Klan and other extremist groups in department activities in Arkansas. The action came after release of a department report saying that interviews with USDA employees in Arkansas turned up perceptions “that many Agriculture officials in the north-central part of the state are members of the KKK.”
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