The photo’s title: “Harvard Class Day — Class Day at Harvard, Klans Klass 21 — have fun.”When Simon J. Levien found the image last spring, he dove into reporting that resulted in a 4,500-word feature published last week in the Harvard Crimson, culminating nearly a year of research. The most striking incident involved J. Max Bond Jr., Class of ‘55. Bond came to Harvard at 16 and was among just a handful of Black students at the time. “If you type ‘Harvard’ and 'The KKK’ in our library database, a lot will come up; it’s surprisingly not that buried,” Levien said. ADThe year after the Klansmen posed for a photo at Harvard, 30,000 KKK members marched down Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, 22 abreast and 14 rows deep.

Source: Washington Post March 30, 2021 16:55 UTC