More than 30 years after the death of a Ku Klux Klan grand dragon in a Howell hospital, conversations have resurfaced about whether his residency in Livingston County marks the area as a white supremacist hotbed. Local officials are emphatic: Robert Miles and his hateful legacy, they said, do not represent the people of Howell. The long-deceased Miles has haunted Howell politically. Although he hosted some white supremacist rallies and burned crosses on the lawn of his property outside the city during the 1970s and 80s, his presence never resulted in a local Klan chapter being formed or the Michigan … Continue reading In Howell, a KKK Grand Dragon’s legacy overshadows progress