Ku Klux Klan collection, 1923-1977.

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Ku Klux Klan collection, 1923-1977.

Printed pamphlets, broadsides, flyers, circular letters, newspaper issues and clippings, and ephemera document Ku Klux Klan activities and platforms. Some items were produced by offices in Louisiana, particularly New Orleans and Denham Springs. Some reflect local issues and events. Manuscript materials include minutes of a chapter from Presque Isle, Maine.

.5 linear ft.

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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...