![Knighthawk (from left), April Hanson and her husband Harley Hanson, members of the International Keystone Knights Realm of Georgia, perform a traditional Klan stand along the portion of highway they want to adopt allowing them to put up a sign and do litter removal near Blairsville, Ga. on Sunday, June 10, 2012. The Ku Klux Klan group wants to join Georgia's "Adopt-A-Highway" program for litter removal, which could force state officials to make difficult decisions on the application. (AP Photo/The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Curtis Compton)](http://matchbin-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/public/sites/274/assets/5ADR_062712kkkhighway.jpg "Knighthawk (from left), April Hanson and her husband Harley Hanson, members of the International Keystone Knights Realm of Georgia, perform a traditional Klan stand along the portion of highway they want to adopt allowing them to put up a sign and do litter removal near Blairsville, Ga. on Sunday, June 10, 2012. The Ku Klux Klan group wants to join Georgia's "Adopt-A-Highway" program for litter removal, which could force state officials to make difficult decisions on the application. (AP Photo/The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Curtis Compton)")
Knighthawk (from left), April Hanson and her husband Harley Hanson, members of the International Keystone Knights Realm of Georgia, perform a traditional Klan stand along the portion of highway they want to adopt allowing them to put up a sign and do litter removal near Blairsville, Ga. on Sunday, June 10, 2012. The Ku Klux Klan group wants to join Georgia's "Adopt-A-Highway" program for litter removal, which could force state officials to make difficult decisions on the application. (AP Photo/The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Curtis Compton)
ACLU of Georgia Executive Director Debbie Seagraves tells The Atlanta Journal-Constitution that the civil rights group would assist the Klan in its efforts to clean litter in Union County.
The International Keystone Knights of the KKK applied to the "Adopt-A-Highway" program, hoping to clean up along part of Route 515 in the Appalachian Mountains. Participating groups are recognized with a sign along the road they adopt.
State officials announced this month they would deny the KKK group's application, setting up the legal showdown.
Seagraves says the ACLU is still working on its strategy for representing the group in what it considers a First Amendment case.
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