James Richardson papers on the Ku Klux Klan in Southern California, 1910-1985, bulk, 1975-1985).

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James Richardson papers on the Ku Klux Klan in Southern California, 1910-1985, bulk, 1975-1985).

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Collection consists of Richardson's notes, transcripts and audio cassettes of interviews, and research materials for his investigative reporting on the Ku Klux Klan in Riverside. This includes Richardson's coverage of the 1980 43rd Congressional District election between Republican incumbent Clair Burgener and Democrat Tom Metzger, the leader of the Ku Klux Klan in California. The only material in the collection with no connection to the Ku Klux Klan is Richardson's reporting of the conspiracy and perjury trial of San Diego Mayor Roger Hedgecock.

5 document boxes (2.5 linear ft.)1 shoe box.

University of California, Los Angeles

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SNAC Resource ID: 7373355

University of California, Los Angeles

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Richardson, James, 1953-....

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Biography The bulk of the collection relates to the Ku Klux Klan group based in the Riverside-San Bernardino area in the late 1970s and early 1980s. These materials were created, collected and assembled by James Richardson (b. 1953), who was a journalist and investigative reporter for The Press-Enterprise (Riverside, Calif.) and other California newspapers. During this period, the Ku Klux Klan had three branches in California, wit...

Metzger, Thomas, active 1609-1618

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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...