Ku Klux Klan ephemera collection, 1920-1948

Summary

Creator:
Ku Klux Klan (1915- )
Date:
1920-1948
Extent:
2 folder(s)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Ku Klux Klan ephemera collection, ms2955, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection consists a Klode Kard (songs), petition for citizenship in the Invisible Empire, oath of allegiance, by-laws form for local chapters, and The Klansman (August 1, 1948). Pamplets include "American's take Heed!" (1920), "The Ku Klux Ball : a satire on the younger set," "KKKK : why, what, how, who, and you" and a picture postcard with an illustration of banner used by the Ku Klux Klan. A program for "Polly with a Past : a comedy in three acts" (1923) by the Marionettes of Georgia Tech includes an advertisement for the Ku Klux Klan.

Biographical / historical:

Ku Klux Klan (KKK), a secret society organized in 1866 by Nathan Bedford Forest and other Confederate veterans to intimidate newly freed African Americans. Disbanded in 1869, the KKK re-emerged in 1915 under the leadership of William J. Simmons.

Access and use restrictions

Preferred citation:

Ku Klux Klan ephemera collection, ms2955, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.