Proper noun
(historical) A 1930s Ku Klux Klan splinter group in the United States.
(historical) A 1941 Croatian military unit active during World War II in Yugoslavia.
Source: en.wiktionary.orgIn Black Legion (1937), for a change, he played a good man caught up and destroyed by a racist organization, a movie Graham Greene described as "intelligent and exciting, if rather earnest". Source: Internet
The police ruled it an accident but the Littles were certain that it was a member of the Black Legion. Source: Internet
Natambu, p. 4. When Little was six, his father died in what was officially ruled a streetcar accident, though his mother Louise believed Earl had been murdered by the Black Legion. Source: Internet
A total of 49 men of the Black Legion were convicted of numerous crimes, with many sentenced to life in prison for murder. Source: Internet
When the family home burned in 1929, Earl accused the Black Legion. Source: Internet
Though the authorities ruled his death an accident, African-Americans in town believed the Black Legion had beat him and placed him on the tracks to be run over. Source: Internet