From Wikipedia: In 1921, Hugo Black successfully defended E. R. Stephenson in his trial for the murder of a Catholic priest, Fr. James E. Coyle. Black, a Democrat, joined the Ku Klux Klan shortly afterwards, in order to gain votes from the anti-Catholic element in Alabama. He built his winning Senate campaign around multiple appearances at KKK meetings across Alabama. Late in life Black told an interviewer: at that time, I was joining every organization in sight! … In my part of Alabama, the Klan was not engaged in unlawful activities … The general feeling in the community was that if responsible citizens didn’t join the Klan … Continue reading Well, Well, Well….