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Aug 15, 2017 · The Southern Poverty Law Center says 63 hate groups, from the KKK to black separatists – are active in Florida.
Nov 23, 2015 · A joint project between a Virginia Commonwealth University history professor and VCU Libraries shows for the first time how the Ku Klux Klan spread across the United States between 1915 and 1940, establishing chapters in all 50 states with an estimated membership of between 2 million and 8 million.
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The first Klan of Reconstruction and the third Klan of the Civil Rights era were both concentrated in the Deep South, but the second Klan spread across the United States. That tells us that parts of the Klan’s appeal (racism, anti-Semitism, and above all, anti-Catholicism) were widespread.
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The data for Mapping the Klan is based on a variety of sources, mostly newspapers sponsored by or sympathetic to the Ku Klux Klan. These publications reported on the activities of local units, known officially as Klaverns.
Dates
The dates for each Klavern come from the publication listed for that entry. So, it is likely that the Klaverns identified were established even earlier than the date indicated. The Klan’s recruitment methods make it harder to accurately date the beginning of a Klavern. Each local group had to recruit a set number of members before it could get its charter and number. The Klaverns in each state were numbered in chronological order of their chartering. So we can assume that if a Klan number 40...
The chronological spread of the Klan across the country depicted here is not perfectly chronological. That requires an explanation. We do not know when each Klavern was formed or exactly when it disbanded or died. If we did, the map would show local Klans winking on and winking off. “Mapping the Klan” is based on documentary evidence. Thus, the dat...
Mapping the Klansuggests the potential for future research on the Klan in the United States. A significant portion the identifications of local Klaverns in the Klan media came after 1925, when the mass movement had already collapsed. Why did the local Klaverns persist? What did it matter to the community that the Klan persisted there? If you are se...
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John Kneebone, lead author and professor of History, VCUShariq Torres, lead web developer and data co-author, VCU LibrariesErin White, project manager, VCU LibrariesLauren Work, digital collections, VCU LibrariesJul 22, 2020 · PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Ku Klux Klan has had a stormy existence in Pennsylvania. It was in its heyday 40 years ago — in the 1920s. Today it seems to have virtually disappeared. The legislature is being asked to outlaw it.
Dec 22, 2021 · For nearly a decade, a U.S. Army veteran donned a white robe and hood as a hit man for the Ku Klux Klan in North Florida. He found law enforcement officers working with the KKK.
Oct 29, 2018 · Infuriated older white Protestant communities became increasingly militant. They found their voice in the Ku Klux Klan movement and made Pennsylvania a national center of Klan militancy.
Dec 23, 2021 · Jacksonville, Fla. (AP) — For nearly 10 years, Joseph Moore lived a secret double life. At times the U.S. Army veteran donned a white robe and hood as a hit man for the Ku Klux Klan. He attended clandestine meetings and participated in cross burnings. He even helped plan the murder of a Black man.
