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D.U. professor influencing KKK history in Texas

DENVER - It is a part of U.S. history many people don't bring up at dinner parties.
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A University of Denver professor has uncovered a piece of information about the Ku Klux Klan that is changing history at one of this nation's largest universities.

Thomas Russell, a professor at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law held the same position at the University of Texas until 1999.

When he moved to Denver, his research continued on a man named William Stewart Simkins, who taught law at the University of Texas as well....
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