As per reports, Hugo Black was a member of which controversial organization?
Ku Klux Klan
Mafia
Black Panther Party
Freemasonry
Answer
Hugo Black was a member of the Ku Klux Klan in the early 1900s. He joined the Klan as a young man and remained a member for several years. The Klan was a white supremacist organization that terrorized African Americans and other minorities. Black's membership in the Klan has been controversial because of his later role as a Supreme Court justice.
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