Cross Burning

Cross burning or cross lighting is a practice widely associated with the Ku Klux Klan, although the historical practice long predates the Klan's inception. In the early 20th century, the Klan burnt crosses on hillsides or near the homes of those they wished to intimidate.

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Famous quotes containing the words cross and/or burning:

    “I’d take off all my clothes
    & cross the damp cold lawn & down the bluff
    into the terrible water & walk forever
    under it out toward the island.”
    —John Berryman (1914–1972)

    “There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them.”
    —Joseph Brodsky (b. 1940)