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The year was 1946.
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Radio was king, and "The Adventures of Superman" ruled the airwaves.
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But with fascism vanquished, the Man of Steel set his sights on a different foe.
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This is the story of how Superman busted the Ku Klux Klan.
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- Because unless we stop this fiery cross clan now, they'll get you no matter where you go.
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- The story starts with Stetson Kennedy, a journalist who infiltrated the Klan for the Anti-Defamation League.
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- He wanted to melt the cultural glue that held the clan together.
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- Thanks, Rick.
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- No problem.
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- That's Rick Bowers. - B-O-W-
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- He wrote this book.
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- "Superman Versus The Ku Klux Klan."
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- But what does Stetson Kennedy have to do with Superman?
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Remember, the Last Son of Krypton needed a new enemy.
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- The producers of the radio show, on a very bold gambit, decided Superman would take on real-life hate groups.
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- The creators of "The Adventures of Superman" used Kennedy's research to produce a 16-part series called
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"The Clan of the Fiery Cross" - "The Clan of the Fiery Cross," where a great secret society pledged to purify America.
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- The Superman producers went to the Anti-Defamation League, and said, "Authenticate our script. Provide us more information."
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- It was a way to get the message out that no one else could get out just by telling horror stories.
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- I am the Grand Scorpion of the Clan of the Fiery Cross.
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- The Grand Rat, you mean!
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- It exposed the clan as hate-mongers, but it also exposed the clan as a money-driven organization.
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- I'm running a business, Rigs, and so are you!
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We deal in one of the oldest and most profitable commodities on earth: hate.
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- It was a break-through in American broadcasting.
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Not only had they done this great public service, but they elevated themselves to the number one radio show for kids on air.
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- Well, they're cowardly gangsters who operate at night, hidden behind sheets and hoods.
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Their minds are diseased with hate.
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No one is safe from them.
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- I guess you could say that the white robes stood no chance against the Man of Steel.