Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, Klan No. 51 records, Mt. Rainier, Maryland

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Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, Klan No. 51 records, Mt. Rainier, Maryland

1924-1965

http://hdl.handle.net/1903.1/1245

This collection consists of the records of the Klavern of the Knights of Ku Klux Klan, Mt. Rainier Klan No. 51, which was founded in 1915. Documents include minutes and correspondence of Klan No. 51, publications concerning the Ku Klux Klan in Maryland and the United States, and a movie poster advertising "The Burning Cross."

1.50 linear feet and 1 item

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University of Maryland (College Park, Md.). Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 6326104

University of Maryland (College Park, Md.). Libraries

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Ku Klux Klan (1915- ). Klan no. 51 (Mt. Rainier, Md.)

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The original Ku Klux Klan was created by six former Confederate soldiers and officers after the Civil War. Their goals were the restoration of the "old order," elimination of carpetbaggers in the South and suppression of blacks. The original Klan was formed in 1865 and gradually lost influence after it officially disbanded in 1869. The Klan revival was the work of one-time minister William J. Simmons in 1915. The environment created in part by D. W. Griffith's movie "Birth of a Nat...

Ku Klux Klan 1915-....

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