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  1. Mapping the Klan is a rough timeline of the rise of the second Ku Klux Klan between 1915 and 1940. Each red dot shows a local unit or "Klavern." The official numbers for each Klavern indicate a basic chronology for the chartering of the Klaverns, and they also reveal patterns of Klan organizing. This map invites you to learn about the second ...

  2. Jan 18, 2024 · Below is a chart that lists all cities in Pennsylvania with at least one KKK organization from 1915-1940. The cities with the largest number of KKK klaverns per capita were Refton, Lawrence, Commodore, Franklin, Elderton, Rowes Run, Herndon, Weissport, Vanderbilt, and Dayton.

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  4. Nov 23, 2015 · Digital map shows spread of KKK across United States like ‘a contagion’ - VCU News - Virginia Commonwealth University. Each red dot represents a local Klan chapter, known as a Klavern, that spread across the country between 1915 and 1940. Nov. 23, 2015.

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  5. Waves of Catholic and Jewish immigrants from Canada and southern Europe moved into Yankee mill towns. The influx of immigrants sparked the revival of the Ku Klux Klan — and created sundown towns. In the early 1920s, the Klan began to hold regular meetings and cross-burnings in small towns in eastern and central Massachusetts.

  6. ← Return to Article Details The Ku Klux Klan in Pennsylvania, 1920-1940 Download View of The Ku Klux Klan in Pennsylvania, 1920-1940 | Western Pennsylvania History: 1918 - 2022

  7. Oct 29, 2018 · Pennsylvania’s Dark History of Hate. And the book that may have inspired the Squirrel Hill massacre. by. Philip Jenkins. October 29, 2018. Joseph P. McLaughlin, 'Ku Klux Klan meeting in Bucks ...