Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt star Ellie Kemper faces backlash after 1999 photo resurfaces of her being crowned the pageant winner of a St. Louis organization with ties to white supremacy
A photo of Ellie Kemper being crowned the winner of the St Louis-based Veiled Prophet Ball when she was 19 years old has gone viral on Twitter
The image sparked controversy after a person referred to Kemper as the KKK queen for being crowned the winner
The Veiled Prophet Organization has been criticized in the past for its racist history, including how it banned black members and celebrated white elites
While comparisons have previously been drawn between the organization and the KKK, there are no known links between the two
On May 31, Ellie Kemper's ties to St. Louis's annual Veiled Prophet Ball resurfaced. Here's what we know about the organization's racist origins and more.