Ellie Kemper Breaks Her Silence After Participation In ‘Racist’ Ball (via Fox411)
At the time, representatives for Kemper did not respond to Fox News' multiple requests for comment. In a statement to Fox News on Tuesday, the Veiled Prophet Organization denounced racism.
The VP Organization also confirmed to Fox News Kemper was crowned the Queen of Love and Beauty in 1999.While the pageant only allowed White participants when it was founded in 1878, banning Blacks and Jewish Americans, it welcomed its first Black members, a full 20 years before Kemper's participation at age 19, and a year before she was born.
"The first parade has some pretty overt racial symbolism and intimidation. The VP was armed, and there was an executioner’s block on the float, etc.," Spencer told the outlet.
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