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Two children wearing Ku Klux Klan robes and hoods stand on either side of Samuel Green, a Ku Klux Klan Grand Dragon, at Stone Mountain, Georgia, on July 24, 1948. In some states, such as Alabama and California, KKK chapters had worked for political reform. In 1924, Klan members were elected to the city council in Anaheim, California.
Roy Elonzo Davis (1890-1967) Second in command of 1915 KKK under William Simmons, Grand Dragon of Texas under Eldon Edwards, Imperial Wizard of Original Knights of KKK 1958-1966; Samuel Roper (1895–1986), law enforcement officer turned Imperial Wizard of the KKK, from 1949–1950. He was preceded by Samuel Green, and was later succeeded by ...
Colfax massacre – Black freedmen defending a courthouse were massacred by 300 armed White Southern Democrats and Ku Klux Klan members who wanted to take political control of the town in what they referred to as a "struggle for White supremacy". Casualty reports varied from 62 to 153, with a military report at the time stating 81 Black men by ...
Between September 1923 and February 1924, Dan Moody led Williamson County’s prosecution against four Klan members — yet hardly anyone knows about it.
Pegram's work results in a comprehensive history of the Ku Klux Klan during the 1920s. This is a period when the Klan experienced a resurgence of popularity. According to Pegram, the Klan's power to attract was based on its capabilities of speaking to the fears and anxieties of white Protestant Americans during a time of rapid social and cultural change, including the rise of pluralism, after ...
The incident, indicative of Ku Klux Klan (KKK) activity, led civil rights organizations, including the Virginia chapter of the NAACP, to pressure Governor Mills E. Godwin to publicly condemn the Klan. This bombing was part of the broader context of racially motivated violence during the Civil Rights Movement. [6] [7]
The jury is deciding on three different counts: violation of the federal Ku Klux Klan Act, violation of Texas law against civil conspiracy and violation of Texas law barring civil assault. All are ...
Brown Harwood (March 8, 1872 – June 26, 1963) was an American realtor and prominent leader of the Ku Klux Klan.A resident of Fort Worth, Texas, [1] Harwood was a charter member of the Klan in that city; he eventually became Grand Dragon [2] of the Texas Ku Klux Klan. [3]