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The Ku Klux Klan (/ ˌ k uː k l ʌ k s ˈ k l æ n, ˌ k j uː-/), [e] commonly shortened to the KKK or the Klan, is an American Protestant-led Christian extremist, white supremacist, far-right hate group. It was founded in 1865 during Reconstruction in the devastated South.
The Politics of Provincialism: The Democratic Party in Transition, 1918-1932 (1968) Chalmers, David. "The Ku Klux Klan in politics in the 1920's." Mississippi Quarterly 18.4 (1965): 234-247 online. Goldberg, David J. "Unmasking the Ku Klux Klan: The northern movement against the KKK, 1920-1925." Journal of American Ethnic History (1996): 32-48 ...
David Duke (D/R), a politician who ran in both Democratic and Republican presidential primaries, was openly involved in the leadership of the Ku Klux Klan. [59] He was founder and Grand Wizard of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan in the mid-1970s; he re-titled his position as "National Director" and said that the KKK needed to "get out of the cow ...
The 1928 Democratic National Convention was held at Sam Houston Hall in Houston, Texas, June 26–28, 1928. The keynote speaker was Claude G. Bowers . The convention [ 1 ] resulted in the nomination of Governor Alfred E. Smith of New York for president and Senator Joseph T. Robinson of Arkansas for vice president .
In May, the Fresno chapter of the KKK kicked off a 10-day “Klan Fiesta” at the Fresno fairgrounds that drew 50,000 attendees from throughout California and the Southwest. At the time, Fresno ...
Congress’ Naming Commission visited West Point and discovered the KKK imagery on a large triptych, made up of three panels, on display at the entrance of Bartlett Hall, the military academy’s ...
1890, 134 Years ago Clip hours? Barber shops in Utica are open seven days a week and have been for years, but that soon may change. About half of the 200 or so members of the Journeymen Barbers ...
The Ku Klux Klan: A Century of Infamy. New York: Chilton Company. LCCN 65013920. Stokes, Rebecca Martin (1929). History of Grenada (1830–1880) (Master's thesis). Oxford, Miss.: University of Mississippi. 1972. Watkins, Ruth (1912). "Reconstruction in Marshall County". Publications of the Mississippi Historical Society. XII.