A former Ku Klux Klan museum and meeting place which was sold by a repentant racist to a black minister is finally being transformed into a place of hope as its hateful past is put behind it.
For more than 15 years the South Carolina store sold robes and hosted meetings for white supremacists - including supporters of the American Nazi party.
It also sold Confederate memorabilia to sick collectors and was a hub for the KKK, which is responsible for more than 100 years of racist violence and killings.
Now the new owner is fundraising to turn the building in Laurens into a community centre which celebrates diversity. Kindhearted Reverend David Kennedy brought a share in the shop from former Klansman Michael Burden Jr - and after a long legal
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