Papers, 1913-1926.

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Papers, 1913-1926.

Papers of Benson, a member of the Ku Klux Klan in Racine, Wisconsin, relating to the organization's activities.

0.1 c.f. and7 photographs.

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Ku Klux Klan 1915-....

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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...

Benson, H. H. (Herbert H.)

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