Father’s Klan ties splintered family

Earcel Boyd killed a Japanese guard when he was in the Navy during World War II. (Photo courtesy of Leland Boyd)
This is the second in a three-part series When Leland Boyd woke up in the middle of the night as a child, he’d sometimes find his father Earcel in the bathroom, scrubbing his hands over and over. “The next day you’d see him, his hands would be just red,” Leland said. “He would take a bar of soap and just scrub his arms for hours under hot water. He would be in the bathroom at least three times a…

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