Application to join the United Klans of America, Inc. Knights of the Ku Klux Klan.

Title

Application to join the United Klans of America, Inc. Knights of the Ku Klux Klan.

Description

Two-sided card containing an application to join the Ku Klux Klan on one side; on the other side is propaganda material and contact information for the United Klans of America, Inc. (in Tuscaloosa, Alabama) and Knights of the Ku Klux Klan (Natchez, Mississippi).

Creator

Knights of the Ku Klux Klan

Source

Kathleen Dahl Freedom Summer Collection, M357, Box 3, Folder 12, Historical Manuscripts, Special Collections, The University of Southern Mississippi Libraries

Date

Circa 1964

Rights

Copyright not evaluated.

Language

En

Identifier

mus_m357_0119

Files

Application card to join a Mississippi Ku Klux Klan chapter. The card reads:<br /> <br /> Fight communism<br /> You are eligible to join the united clans of America, Inc.<br /> if you are a native born loyal United States citizen, 21 years old, a white gentile person habits, of Protestant faith, and believe in white supremacy and Americanism. Please fill in below:<br /> <br /> Place an ask at one of the following:<br /> <br /> I would like to join the Ku Klux Klan.<br /> <br /> I am a former member I would like to be reinstated.<br /> <br /> My name is – – – – Age ———— Sex————<br /> My address is———————<br /> City————————. State ——————<br /> I am employed by———————-<br /> Religious faith———————<br /> Phone number ———————-
The back of an application card to join the Ku Klux Klan. The card reads:<br /> <br /> Join a local unit now in our efforts to maintain segregation of the races and fight communism that exists in America today.<br /> <br /> Do you know: communism is being taught in some of our public schools and colleges of America? That communist are in key positions in some of our labor unions? That communist have infiltrated many key government positions? That communist ideas are being fair to you and your children through TV and motion pictures? Even some of our preachers are including communist ideas in their sermons.<br /> <br /> The united klans are fighting to protect the future generations and to uphold the kind of constitution and government given us by our forefathers.<br /> <br /> The united Klans of America, Inc. Knights of Ku Klux Klan, is a legally recognized national organization of the original Ku Klux Klan, and it’s absolutely non-subversive with no criminal accusations against it. So united klans should not be confused with any so-called or self-styled Ku Klux Klan.<br /> <br /> If you were interested in joining a legal, constituted, charted organization, mail this car to one of the following offices:<br /> <br /> National office – Suite 401, ALston building, Tuscaloosa, Alabama.<br /> <br /> MIssissippi office-PO Box 1341, Natchez, MS.

Citation

Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, “Application to join the United Klans of America, Inc. Knights of the Ku Klux Klan.,” Online Exhibits at Southern Miss, accessed April 20, 2024, https://usmspecialcollections.omeka.net/items/show/217.

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