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By 1925, the Klan was a political force in the state, as leaders such as J. Thomas Heflin, David Bibb Graves, and Hugo Black tried to build political power against the Black Belt wealthy planters, who had long dominated the state. In 1926, with Klan support, Bibb Graves won the Alabama governor's office. He was a former Klan chapter head.
The Ku Klux Klan student organization formed in 1906 or 1908 at the University of Illinois. It was referred to as "Ku Klux" in the 1909 yearbook. It was officially recognized by the university in 1915. in the 1916 yearbook, it was called Ku Klux Klan and was described as an honor fraternity. 1916 yearbook, University of Illinois
1865 – Atlanta University is founded by the American Missionary Association. 1866 - Civil Rights Act of 1866 passed establishing that all persons born in the United States are now citizens. 1866 - The first chapter of the Ku Klux Klan is formed in Pulaski, Tennessee , a paramilitary insurgent group, made up of white Confederate Army veterans ...
Florida State University awarded its first honorary degree in 1912 to Rowena Longmire, founder and president of the Florida State College for Women (FSCW) Alumni Association. The first man to whom the university awarded an honorary degree was French diplomat and ambassador to the United States Henri Bonnet in 1950.
William Stetson Kennedy (October 5, 1916 – August 27, 2011) was an American author, folklorist and human rights activist. One of the pioneer folklore collectors during the first half of the 20th century, he is remembered for having infiltrated the Ku Klux Klan in the 1940s, exposing its secrets to authorities and the outside world.
Senator Robert Byrd was a Kleagle, a Klan recruiter, in his 20s and 30s.. Robert C. Byrd (D), the U.S. senator for West Virginia, a recruiter for the Klan while in his 20s and 30s, rising to the title of Kleagle and Exalted Cyclops of his local chapter.
James Arnold Colescott (January 11, 1897 – January 11, 1950) was an American white supremacist who was Imperial Wizard of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan.Under financial pressure from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for back taxes, he disbanded the second wave of the original Ku Klux Klan in 1944.
Part of Dale Mabry Field became known as "West Campus" during this brief period. By the end of the 1946-1947 school year, 954 men were enrolled in the TBUF program. By 1947 the Florida Legislature returned the FSCW to coeducational status and renamed the Florida State College for Women the Florida State University.