Edward Ball's 'Life of a Klansman'

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Jordan Lauf continues our “Producers' Picks” series introducing a segment from August 11, 2020: In this moment of reckoning with our nation’s history of white supremacy, author Edward Ball looks at the legacy of racism in his own family tree. He joins us to discuss his new book, Life of a Klansman: A Family History with White Supremacy, which explores the life of Ball’s great-great grandfather, Ku Klux Klansman Constant Lecorgne.