Word: kluxes
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...fellow Negroes soon began to scent fraud, and a meeting of the Friends of Negro Freedom (August 6,1922) declared his schemes impracticable, and that he was secretly in sympathy with the Ku Klux Klan...
Faced with these facts, one cannot justly say that college men are not taking an active part in public questions. But the part that these particular "students" are playing is open to question. Tactics more ingenuous and less blundering than those of the Ku Klux Klan might be expected of the college...
...Bygad found a proof of the Senior Class Picture in the office yesterday. "By jims!" he expostulated. "This tradition's a great thing to follow individually; but collectively it sure does make them look like the Pittsburgh Klavern of the Ku Klux Klan, with the Kleagles out in front!" R. SIMULANT
NEBRASKA: The mayor of Omaha, James C. Dahlman, was made " grand lictor " or national head of the " Fascisti of America"-an organization not connected with Fascism in Italy, It was organized by a former Ku Klux Klan official and has as its objects "pure" Americanism," "prevention of causes of mob violence," "protection of pure womanhood," "the rights of a free and enlightened people to choose their own religion...
...original independence and pioneer spirit will encourage this effort. Unfortunately it is a counter-movement, a reaction, directly contrary to the present trend. A curious combination of economic dependence with political and social dissatisfaction has given rise to a most difficult situation, which such forces as the Ku Klux have only made more acute. At first glance "The Minute Men" are directed against the Klan, but essentially their object is much the same. Both societies seek a return to conditions once considered normal,--which may never be normal again. Influences which even General Dawes is powerless to control are forcing...