Ku Klux Klan Records (#4921) 1960s-1970s

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Ku Klux Klan Records (#4921) 1960s-1970s

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Primarily published and ephemeral items collected from Ku Klux Klan organizations active in Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, and North Carolina, 1960s-1970s. Included are flyers; application forms, meeting guidelines, periodicals, cartoons, and other items from the Confederate Knights of the Ku Klux Klan (Greensboro, N.C.), the Knights of the Green Forest (Tupelo, Miss.), the United Klans of America (Tuscaloosa, Ala.), the White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan (Miss.), and the National States Rights Party (Savannah, Ga.). Among the periodicals is one issue of the of Birmingham, Ala. Thunderbolt

About 70 items (0.5 linear feet)

eng,

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection

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SNAC Resource ID: 6627564

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection

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Beckwith, Byron de la

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White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan (Miss.)

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White Knights

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Knights of Green Forest

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Evers, Medgar Wiley, 1925-1963

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Medgar Wiley Evers (b. July 2, 1925, Decatur, MS–d. June 12, 1963, Jackson, MS) was an African American civil rights activist in Mississippi. He worked to overturn segregation at the University of Mississippi, to end segregation of public facilities, and to expand opportunities for African Americans, including enforcement of voting rights. He was assassinated by a white supremacist and Klansman....

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Confederate Knights of the Ku Klux Klan (Greensboro, N.C.)

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National States Rights Party (U.S.)

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The Ku Klux Klan was formally incorporated under the laws of the state of Georgia on Dec. 4, 1915. The incorporated organization is a continuance of the earlier post Civil War Reconstruction Era unincorporated Ku Klux Klan and of the Knights of the White Camellia. Women of the Ku Klux Klan was incorporated at a late date as a separate entity. The stated purpose of the KKK was to promote an all White, Protestant United States, excluding all other races and religions. From the descript...