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  • A knight is defined as a member of an order or society. “White Knights” are members of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK), a white supremacist organization originally formed in the United States during the Reconstruction era following the Civil War. [Source: Encyclopedia of Murder and Violent Crime; White Knights]

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