The pictures capture a day that many in Chapel Hill, NC would like to forget. White-hooded figures marching carefree down Franklin Street. It was the day the KKK came to town: June 15, 1987. About 60 people took part in the march and membership rally. The event started in Durham and then progressed to Chapel Hill. Two thousand people lined the parade route; some to support the participants, others to heckle them. That day, a young photographer, Michael Galinsky was there. Galinsky had just graduated from high school the day before. He'd always been a shutterbug, so when he heard that the Klan was coming to town, he headed downtown to document the event. These images have been unseen for close to thirty years. Even Michael forgot about them. He moved away, became a successful documentary filmmaker. (One of his films was shortlisted for an Academy Award for Best Documentary.) When he moved home recently to be closer to family, he found the negatives. "I have no visceral memories from
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