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The Story of the Muse Brothers, Black Albino Brothers Forced into a Circus
11:12 - 16:37 (05:24)
The Ku Klux Klan held a rally in D. C. in 1926, a year before the Brothers Circus Act returned home. Kenny Shelton convinced the Muse Brothers to come and join the circus, but it seems he kidnapped them away from their family and their mother.
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The Muse Brothers were African American albinos who were sold to a circus when they were 10 years old.
11:12 - 12:45 (01:32)
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The Muse Brothers were African American albinos who were sold to a circus when they were 10 years old. They were often coerced into acting like violent beasts and were never paid a cent from the circus, despite being fed, clothed, and sheltered.
ChapterThe Story of the Muse Brothers, Black Albino Brothers Forced into a Circus
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In 1926, two sisters who performed in a circus were taken away from their mother and home state of Virginia by the manager of the circus act who allegedly convinced them to go with him under false pretenses.
12:45 - 16:37 (03:52)
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In 1926, two sisters who performed in a circus were taken away from their mother and home state of Virginia by the manager of the circus act who allegedly convinced them to go with him under false pretenses. The sisters were later found to have been forcibly sterilized under a law that aimed to cleanse the gene pool of undesirable traits.