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KS Toronado

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3. More from your link............
Sat Feb 8, 2025, 09:26 AM
Feb 2025

This appears to be a genuine photograph of a man hitting someone wearing KKK garb. However,
that person was not named Willie "Whoopass" Johnson, nor was he the first Black man to fight
back against the klan.

It should also be noted that this photograph does not document the first Black man to fight back
against the Ku Klux Klan. While we have not been able to source this image, it was likely taken —
judging by the cars and the clothing — in the 1960s or '70s. As the Ku Klux Klan has been around
since the 1860s, it's safe to say that the man in this photograph was not the first to fight back
against the KKK.

While we are not certain as to who was the first Black man to be photographed punching a member
of the KKK, we can say that Black men and women have been fighting against the terrorism of the
Ku Klux Klan for more than a century:

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/willie-whoopass-johnson-hit-kkk/

Well I learned something today, leave it up or take it down?

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