A flyer explaining the purpose of the Ku Klux Klan from the second half of the nineteenth century.

This flyer advocates for “Pure Americanism,” and refers to the KKK as a “Protestant” organization. The Ku Klux Klan was anti-Catholic in response to the influx of Irish and German immigrants to the United States and the belief that Catholicism was anti-democratic.

Citation Information
“Membership in the Ku Klux Klan,” Digital Public Library of America, https://dp.la/item/fa1fc80731d276ebda242dcea4a83dc5.
Note: These citations are programmatically generated and may be incomplete.
Courtesy of Duke University Libraries via North Carolina Digital Heritage Center.

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