going to turn into a racially heated situation. reporter: he was a neo-nazi and a member of the kkk. so you would actually wear this when you all were burning crosses. yes, ma am. and that s an actual cross burning behind you? yes. reporter: like hundreds of others that day, ken was fueled by anger. of all the things you could have picked to say i want to be a part of this group and i want this to be part of my identity, why whiteness? i had gotten out of the navy. it was really hard to get a job. it s really easy to blame it on somebody else. you know, we have people with darker skin in our country, you know, taking my jobs. do you think this is a growing movement? i think the more extreme people become, they were the ones that came in under obama. a vast majority of the recruiting calls had something to do with having a black man in the white house. so obama was part of your recruiting tool. absolutely. reporter: but just seven months after charlottesville,