The Battle for Oklahoma (The Outlook magazine, 1922)An article by one of the KKK's most outspoken enemies in the press, Stanley Frost (author of "Challenge of the Klan"), who reported on the political dust-up that took place in the Oklahoma state government when the Klan made serious attempts to be a dominate factor in Oklahoma politics.
"THE OUTLOOK sent Stanley Frost to Oklahoma to study the amazing political conflict which has taken place in the state. The forces at odds in the state may have a far-reaching influence upon national politics."
Kansas Takes On The KKK (The Outlook, 1922)An article from THE OUTLOOK reported on the enormous amount of discomfort that the Ku Klux Klan was generating among Catholics in 1922 Kansas. During a New York interview, Kansas Governor Henry J. Allen (1868 - 1950) remarked about the piles of letters his office received imploring that the state take action and how he, too, had been threatened by the organization.
"Kansas is engaged in trying out the Ku Klux Klan through an action in the State Supreme Court to restrain it's secret activities."
Protestant Churches Condemn the KKK (The Literary Digest, 1922)A couple of years after the membership lists of the Ku Klux Klan had swelled to record levels, and just seven years after a chic Hollywood film director made a movie which ennobled their crimes,the Administrative Committee of the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America issued a statement which served to distance the Protestant churches from that hate-filled organization.
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Assessing the KKK Situation (The Outlook, 1922)Teddy Roosevelt's (1858 - 1919) magazine THE OUTLOOK, was consistently critical of the Ku Klux Klan, yet in this brief notice the magazine seemed comparatively neutral in it's reporting of Klan growth and activity.
The Klan as a National Problem (The Literary Digest, 1922)A two page article reporting on the growth of the KKK throughout the United States in the early Twenties, it's general rise in popularity and the resolve of elected officials at both the state and Federal levels to contain the "Invisible Empire".
Interesting comments can be read by a reformed Klansman named H.P. Fry, who authored a cautionary memoir titled, The Modern Ku Klux Klan
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The KKK in American Politics (The Literary Digest, 1922)Attached is a 1922 report from THE LITERARY DIGEST regarding how remarkably close two KKK candidates came to winning their respective state primaries. These two political contests, which took place in Oregon and Texas, caught national attention and became popular subjects of concern in many newspapers across the United States:
"The closeness of the vote ought to be a warning...If the Ku Klux Klan insists on entering politics, good citizens must show it the way out."
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