THE KU KLUX KLAN

Liz, Raashmi, Aleks

1920s REVIVAL

MOTIVATIONS

THE BIRTH OF A NATION1915

• Northern Stonemans vs. Southern CameronsBANNED

Recruiting advertisement

MARY PHAGAN

Leo Frank(Factory Manager)

Newt Lee(Night Watchman)

Jim Conley(Factory Janitor)

April 27, 1913

STONE MOUNTAIN

William J. Simmons“Imperial Wizard”

Present Day Stone Mountain (right)

Bellingham, WA 1926

Waco 1923

Hiram Evans: Imperial Wizard

KKK wedding

                           Sheet music to "We Are All Loyal Klansmen", 1923

POLITICAL INFLUENCE

Klan Candidates McLennan County (1922)

From “Klansmen: Guardians of Liberty” (1926)

Waco Klan “Klavern” (meeting house)

SAMPLE INITIATION PROCEDURE

Madge Oberholtzer (State Education Department)

Grand Dragon David Stephenson

Scandal leads to decline