Nina Berman

Documentary photographer

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David Duke

Copyright Nina Berman 2024

Date of Work Dec 1969 - Dec 1969

Updated Apr 2021

Topics Photojournalism

In 1990 and 1991, I photographed David Duke's campaigns for US Senate and Governor of Louisiana. The former KKK leader dropped his white robes, put on a suit, and styled himself as the new face of the Republican Party claiming he was no longer a white supremacist but a born again Christian. And while he lost the Republican Senate primary he still got 43% of the vote or around 607,000 votes. In 1991, he ran against Democrat Edwin Edwards for the Governor's office and lost garnering 680,000 votes. His platform then is a mirror image of the Republican Party's platform today and Duke, who regularly appears at white supremacist and nationalist rallies has been a vocal supporter of Donald Trump.

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