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Memorial Day Parade / Davie, Florida #488505

NBC Evening News for Monday, May 31, 1976
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(Studio) In Davie, Florida, Memorial Day parade was to include Boy and Girl Scouts and Ku Klux Klan chapter.
REPORTER: John Chancellor

(Davie, Florida) Scout leaders decide not to march in parade if Klan to march also. Davie city council canceled parade to keep Klan chapter from marching in parade alone. [SCOUT - reacts to decision.] [KLANSMAN - says Ku Klux Klan trying to promote new image.] [Boy Scout official Ralph RENICK - thinks Ku Klux Klan should assume public posture on what they stand for, not who they stand with.] Next year, Boy Scouts say they'll change rules of parade to exclude Klan; Ku Klux Klan may take it to court
REPORTER: Fred Francis

Reporter(s):
Chancellor, John;
Francis, Fred
Duration:
00:01:50

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