<I>Komic Klan Kracks Vol. 1, No. 2</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1920s
name: label: Published by
content: Patriotic American Publishing Co., American
label: Subject of
content: Ku Klux Klan, 2nd, American, 1915 - 1944
notes: label: Description
content: A magazine titled “Komic Klan Kracks” published by the Patriotic American Publishing Company. The front cover is red and features a black and white illustration of a Klansmen lighting a fire. The path the flame will take leads to a giant teapot with “TEA POT DOME” written on it. The figures wearing dark suits and hats are sitting on the teapot. In black lettering below the illustration is “Oil Number / “oil” right!” the magazine has thirty-two pages. The interior of the magazine features articles, jokes and anecdotes of racial stereotypes. The back cover has an advertisement for contributors to the magazine.
label: Statement
content: Objects depicting racist and/or stereotypical imagery or language may be offensive and disturbing, but the NMAAHC aims to include them in the Collection to present and preserve the historical context in which they were created and used. Objects of this type provide an important historical record from which to study and evaluate racism.
label: Statement
content: Objects depicting symbols of hate or related to organized hate groups may be offensive and disturbing, but the NMAAHC aims to include them in the Collection to present and preserve the historical context in which they were created and used. Objects of this type provide an important historical record from which to study and evaluate history and culture.
place: label: Place printed
content: Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Associations and institutions
label: Topic
content: Fraternal organizations
label: Topic
content: Mass media
label: Topic
content: Stereotypes
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1919-1933
label: Topic
content: White supremacy movements
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Racist and Stereotypical Objects
label: Classification
content: Books and Published Materials
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Anonymous Gift
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2013.231.22
objectType: label: Type
content: magazines (periodicals)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 7 9/16 × 5 1/4 × 1/16 in. (19.2 × 13.4 × 0.2 cm)