http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2608874/Father-tennis-stars-Venus-Serena-Williams-tells-dirt-poor-upbringing-south-dressed-Klansman-exact-revenge-KKK.html Father of tennis stars Venus and Serena Williams tells of his dirt poor upbringing in the south and how he once dressed as a Klansman to exact revenge on the KKK

Richard Williams has written about his upbringing in abject poverty in Shreveport, Louisiana
He was raised as one of six by a single mom after his father left them and says that the experience has defined his life
As a boy he provided for his family by hunting, growing fruit and veg and stealing from white folks
He had a run-in with the KKK when three white men beat him in the street, but says he was more upset that his own father looked on and did nothing
Later he exacted revenge on the Klan by dressing up in white robes and attacking a white farmer and his son with a stic

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