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The New Jersey Ku Klux Klan held a Fourth of July celebration from July 3–5, 1926, in Long Branch, New Jersey, that featured a "Miss 100% America" pageant. [14] In 1926, Alma White published Klansmen: Guardians of Liberty. She writes: "I believe in white supremacy." [15] In 1928, Alma White published Heroes of the Fiery Cross. She wrote: "The ...
Tracks of all tropical cyclones to pass through New Jersey from 1851 through 2022. There have been 115 hurricanes or tropical storms that affected the U.S. state of New Jersey. Due to its location, few hurricanes have hit the state directly, though numerous hurricanes have passed near or through New Jersey in its history.
The Oxford Dam, at Lake Hickory on the Catawba River, spilled over. [222] More than 400 roads were closed in the western part of the state, and over 200 people had to be rescued from floods. [200] Devastation in Asheville, North Carolina – at the intersection of Swannanoa River Road (NC-81) and Azalea Road – caused by Hurricane Helene
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 the 19th century after the American Civil War by six officers of the Confederate Army.
There were at least 76 tropical cyclones in the 20th century with a death toll of 1,000 or more, including the deadliest tropical cyclone in recorded history. In November 1970, the Bhola cyclone struck what is now Bangladesh and killed at least 300,000 people.
Oxford Township is a township in Warren County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 2,444, [7] a decrease of 70 (−2.8%) from the 2010 census count of 2,514, [15] [16] which in turn reflected an increase of 207 (+9.0%) from the 2,307 counted in the 2000 census.
The 1935 Labor Day hurricane was the most intense hurricane to make landfall on the country, having struck the Florida Keys with a pressure of 892 mbar.It was one of only seven hurricanes to move ashore as a Category 5 hurricane on the Saffir–Simpson hurricane scale; the others were "Okeechobee" in 1928, Karen in 1962, Camille in 1969, Andrew in 1992, Michael in 2018, and Yutu in 2018, which ...
The United Klans of America Inc. (UKA), based in Alabama, is a Ku Klux Klan organization active in the United States.Led by Robert Shelton, the UKA peaked in membership in the late 1960s and 1970s, [1] and it was the most violent Klan organization of its time. [2]