Ku Klux Klan of Georgia membership applications and reports, 1947-1948.

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Ku Klux Klan of Georgia membership applications and reports, 1947-1948.

This collection contains membership applications for citizenship in the invisible empire of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan in the Realm of Georgia from 1947 to 1948. Also included are weekly reports from the Kleagle, who was responsible for recruiting new members into the Klan.

3 folders (.25 cubic feet)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7522441

Georgia Historical Society

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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...