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OriginalGrand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan Hiram Wesley Evans in Washington, D.C. on 8 August 1925
Edit – Cropped to focus on the subject
Reason
High quality and resolution, illustrative of both the main subject and his position in the KKK
Articles in which this image appears
Hiram Wesley Evans, Grand Wizard
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Others
Creator
National Photo Company, restored by Crisco 1492
  • Oppose both. Sorry, but I don't see this as a very compelling photograph, with a strange severity in the focus contrast between the subject and the rather busy background (and the crop only calls more attention to that severity), nor does it have particular historical value, since it doesn't illustrate anything in particular happening. In defense of Adam above, I think the comparison to the lynching picture is not very apt; that picture shows an example of an event that played a huge role in American history; this one is just a guy in a costume. Chick Bowen 22:51, 26 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Makeemlighter (talk) 04:17, 5 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]