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In the Full Light of Day: The Ku Klux Klan in 1920s Iowa

Document Type

Article

Journal/Book/Conference Title

The Palimpsest

Volume

76

Issue

2

First Page

56

Last Page

63

Abstract

The Ku Klux Klan of the 1920s represents, for most Americans looking back, a resurgence of bigotry and violence. In that decade the Klan operated openly and defiantly in many midwestern and western states, as well as in the South, claiming at its peak perhaps four million members.

Department

Department of History

Original Publication Date

6-1-1995

DOI of published version

10.17077/0031-0360.24647

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