Ku Klux Klan collection, 1916-1968, and undated.

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Ku Klux Klan collection, 1916-1968, and undated.

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Collection includes printed materials, distributed by various chapters of the Ku Klux Klan, that refer to race relations in the U.S.; and also clippings concerning Klan activities. Five of these items were acquired from a booth operated by the Klan at the North Carolina State Fair in 1966. There is also a selected bibliography and outline of the history of the Klan; a six-page typescript statement by Imperial Wizard James R. Venable in 1966; a letter to Lamar Q. Ball, city editor of the "Atlanta Constitution" (April 1940), regarding Frank Dudley's KING COBRA; a reproduction of "The Imperial Night-Hawk" (1923); an issue of "The Clansman" (1967); apologetics, and membership solicitations; circulars, brochures, pamphlets, broadsides, periodicals, cards and ephemera; a clipping that refers to a federal investigation of the Klan and charges related to the murders of civil rights leader, Vernon Dahmer, and educator Lemuel Penn; and a list of state offices with explanatory notes. Volumes include two briefs prepared by the staff of the "Enterprise-Journal," (McComb, Miss.), commenting on McComb as a center of racial conflict in the mid 1960s; and an Imperial Decree prefaced by the Ku Klux Klan Kreed. There is also a tape of a devotional service and address, probably by Dr. Wesley A. Swift, speaking on Jewish people, and the responsibility of Christians in fighting Communism. Included is the printed text of the "Ku Klux Klan Kreed"; a petition (1916) for incorporation of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan in Fulton Co., Ga. with a charter and court order; and an original blank form issued by the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, Atlanta, Ga. (about 1925) listing members of the Konklave by name. Addition (2010-0095) (17 items, 0.01 lin ft; probably dated 1966-1967) comprises printed items from the Knights of the Green Forest chapter in Tupelo, Miss., as well as the Miss. state chapter and the national office in Ala. Addition (2011-0194) (5 items, 0.1 lin. ft.; dated 1967-1968) contains items distributed during a talk by C. P. Ellis to freshmen students at a Duke University dormatory in 1969. Items include a 45-rpm sound disc with the songs "Flight NAACP 105" and "High ride"; a flyer regarding protests against the playing of the song "Dixie" at student events; a membership form for the North Carolina chapter; and printed items, including GOD IS THE AUTHOR OF SEGREGATION (1967) and an issue of THE FIERY CROSS (vol. 2, 12th ed.). Addition (2012-0026) (100 items, 2.0 lin. ft.; dated 1920s) includes materials from the Women of the Ku Klux Klan in the realm of Pennsylvania, including copies of official correspondence and bulletins, as well as materials from various fundraising and charity work with the Klan Haven, an orphanage near Harrisburg. Also includes a large panoramic photograph of a Klan reunion at Gettysburg battlefield.

750 items.

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7413956

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Swift, Wesley A.

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Dahmer, Vernon Ferdinand, 1908-1966

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Born in 1908 in Forrest County, Mississippi; active in voter registration drives and Forrest County NAACP; died January 11, 1966, from burns in a fire bombing at his home. From the description of Collection, 1966-1986, 1968-1969. (University of Southern Mississippi, Regional Campus). WorldCat record id: 19700968 ...

Dudley, Frank, 1892-1956

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Comer, Robbie Gill.

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Penn, Lemuel

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Women of the Ku Klux Klan

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The Women of the Ku Klux Klan (WKKK) became a branch of the KKK in the 1920s. This was a compromise to include women into their secret societies and retain the all male status of the KKK. There were a few predecessors to the WKKK such as LOTIEs (Ladies of the Invisible Empire) and the Kamelia's. However, the WKKK had the largest following of the women Klan groups. From the description of Document, ca. 1927. (Indiana Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 61851911 ...

Ellis, C. P.

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Venable, James L.

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George Washington Flowers Collection of Southern Americana

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The George Washington Flowers Collection of Southern Americana (sometimes referred to as the George Washington Flowers Memorial Collection) honors George Washington Flowers, a trustee of Trinity College (Durham, N.C.) from 1897-1918. Some of his children graduated from Trinity College, including Robert Lee Flowers, President of Duke University from 1941-1948. The collection was established and endowed by his children for the purpose of collecting materials concerning the history and literature o...

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...