Ku Klux Klan collection, 1920-1929.

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Ku Klux Klan collection, 1920-1929.

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This small collection contains Ku Klux Klan national forms, local forms from Richmond, Indiana, a "Fiery Summons" (a call to appear before a secret committee) and "The Record of Tribunal of Klansman David Curtis Stephenson", a 51 page pamphlet from Evansville Indiana dated June 23, 1924.

1.00 boxes.

Southern Illinois University, Morris Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7275719

Southern Illinois University, Morris Library

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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...

Ku Klux Klan.

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Ku Klux Klan (KKK) is the name of several past and present secret domestic terrorist organizations in the United States, best known for advocating white supremacy and acting as vigilantes while hiding behind conical masks and white robes. The KKK has a record of terrorism, violence, and lynching to intimidate and oppress African Americans, Jews, Roman Catholics and labor unions during periods of turmoil. The first Klan was founded in 1865 by veterans of the Confederate Army. Its purpose was to r...