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The Livingston Diversity Council, founded in response to a 1988 cross-burning on the lawn of a black family,<ref>{{Cite web|title = Livingston Diversity Council|url = http://www.livingstondiversity.org/history.html|website = www.livingstondiversity.org|access-date = 2016-01-06}}</ref> promotes diversity and inclusion in the county.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Livingston Diversity Council|url = http://www.livingstondiversity.org/index.html|website = www.livingstondiversity.org|access-date = 2016-01-06}}</ref> While they are numerous in Metro Detroit, Howell is not listed as an active home to any hate group by the [[Southern Poverty Law Center]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://michiganradio.org/post/report-35-hate-groups-michigan#stream/0|title=Report: 35 "Hate Groups" in Michigan|first=Mark|last=Brush|website=michiganradio.org|access-date=3 May 2017}}</ref>
In 1994 the KKK attempted to hold a rally on the courthouse lawn. The clan participants were from out of state. The community rallied together to stop it, or at least keep people away, since the city could not deny them a valid permit to assemble. This article in the Livingston Post explains what happened that day.
https://thelivingstonpost.com/25-years-ago-when-livingston-county-told-the-kkk-where-it-could-go/
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