Ku Klux Klan auction axed

A planned auction of Ku Klux Klan items was cancelled in Michigan after leaflets encouraging KKK membership were distributed in the community.

Residents in Mason, a Lansing suburb where civil rights leader Malcolm X lived for a time, awoke to find the flyers in front of their homes.

The fliers did not mention today’s auction, but the Ole Gray Nash Auction House in Howell cancelled the event.

“We don’t believe (the flyers were) actually authentic, but someone went to a lot of trouble,” said Becky Hinz, an auction house employee.

“It was something we chose not to partake in or assist in any way shape or form.”