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African-American History - Ku Klux Klan
 | How the Original Klan was Born (Coronet Magazine, 1946) A brief account outlining the post-Civil War origins of the KKK in Pulaski, Tennessee.
"The original Ku Klux Klan began in 1865 as a social club of young men in Pulaski, Tennessee. Its ghostly uniform and rituals frightened superstitious Negroes; and when Klansmen discovered this fact accidentally, they lost little time in recruiting membership to 55,000." Imperial Wizard Hiram Evans and the New KKK (Ken Magazine, 1938)A report from an anonymous journalist concerning his 1939 visit to the (formerly) secret Atlanta offices of the KKK: "There is feverish activity in Suite 756 of the Hurt Building in Atlanta, Georgia, these days. The Ku Klux Klan is staging a nation-wide comeback and this is its national headquarters. Fat, shrewd-smiling, garrulous Old Doc Evans (Hiram Wesley Evans: 1881 – 1966) is still Emperor and Imperial Wizard, but he's now apparently only fronting for a Big Boss who has some sensational new plans which have already begun to click. Once again the Klan is holding hands with politicians all over the country, but the hand-holding is being done under the table. The big drive begins in May" |
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