Staff at the Mississippi Department of Public Safety (MDPS) recently found a blue suitcase packed with 1960s-era Ku Klux Klan materials. The suitcase contained full robes, meeting minutes, a ledger listing members and their dues, and propaganda pamphlets, including one titled The Ugly Truth About Martin Luther King. The discovery happened while the agency was preparing to move from its old headquarters in Jackson to a new location in Rankin County.
MDPS spokesperson Bailey C. Martin told reporters that the agency believes these materials were used for investigations in the past. The MDPS made a joint announcement about the find, together with the Mississippi Department of Archives and History (MDAH), which has since taken possession of the items for preservation.
