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"In some places I studied in Indiana," she says, "the local KKK was listed in the city directory, along with sewing clubs and agricultural societies." Blee.įemale Ku Klux Klan members in the 1920s march through Binghamton, N.Y., holding American flags. In fact, the Klan was so mainstream in some parts of the country that local KKK groups "sponsored, in public, baseball teams, father-son outings, beautiful baby contests, weddings, baby christenings, junior leagues, road rallies, festivals," says Kathleen M. And, as it turns out, the Ku Klux Klan was considered by many to be an accepted group in society. The 1920s were a bawdy, gaudy time in America: jazz wafting, flappers dancing, gangsters bootlegging, Wall Street rocking. So, I wondered, if the KKK fielded a baseball team, what were some of the group's other seemingly innocuous, All-American activities? After all, it was known as the Invisible Empire. I had always envisioned the repugnant and reprehensible lawbreakers operating in the cowardly shadows. Imagine: There was a time when the KKK was an out-in-the-open, part-of-the-community organization. The Ku Klux Klan once had a baseball team? Recently I tumbled on this story from Kansas Humanities - and an earlier post from Only A Game - about a 1925 baseball game between Wichita's African-American team, the Monrovians, and the Ku Klux Klan.

We reached out to the press office for Trump's campaign for comment and have not heard back.Ku Klux Klan members hold a march in Washington, D.C., on Aug. She confirmed they had not, but she alerted us to the upcoming parade. The KKK representative was responding to our inquiry as to whether the group had held a Trump victory rally on 9 November 2016 on a freeway overpass in the city of Mebane. And with CHRIST we can't lose.Īs of 14 November 2016, the announcement for the parade had been removed from the group's web site.Ī spokeswoman for the group, who provided us with the name Amanda, previously said the parade would be "unannounced." She did not give us any further information, such as the event's time or specific location, other than to say it will take place in North Carolina. We will unite proud white Americans to our cause because we have the LORD on our side. And through the Ku Klux Klan we will wake America up to the evils which are in our Government. From their JEW TUBE naps and tell them to look around because the ship is sinking. Grab the blind Liberals by their heads and shake them until they wake up. We need to come together as WHITE CHRISTIAN AMERICANS and spread the word to others. We as a people can change this course in which America has taken. They are rolling in their graves as you read this now. If our forefathers could see America today they would have our Government Leaders put to DEATH. Most of our youth are on DRUGS or pregnant with a mongrel child. Won't you stand with us, while there is still time! It is the duty of all white Christian men and women to fight against the Communist who have stolen our Nation. We have chose to stand and fight for those things that we hold dear to our people. We are common white people from all walks of life who have recognized the problems that our race is facing. We are not evil hateful people as our enemies would have you believe. Everything that we do as Klan members is in furtherance of our ultimate goal. (Lev.20:24-25) It is a simple fact that whenever these races try to integrate themselves into White society, that society is damaged immensely. we simply want to live separate from them. This does not mean that we want to see anything bad happen to the darker races. Our goal is to help restore America to a White Christian nation, founded on God's word. The announcement was made on the group's home page and tops a screed about its members' wanting to live apart from "the darker races":