Member token used by Nelda Rowan to ensure safe passage in South Carolina
date: label: Date
content: 1950s
name: label: Issued by
content: Ku Klux Klan, 2nd, American, 1915 - 1944
label: Owned by
content: Nelda S. Rowan, American, 1929 - 1997
notes: label: Description
content: A brass token stamped with [MEMBER / KKK / IN / GOOD STANDING] with a pendant hole at the top. The letters [KKK] have been punched out entirely while the rest of the text is engraved. The verso is blank.
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 used
content: Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: American South
label: Topic
content: Associations and institutions
label: Topic
content: Fraternal organizations
label: Topic
content: Rural life
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1953-1961
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: Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other
label: Exhibition
content: Defending Freedom, Defining Freedom: The Era of Segregation, 1876-1968
label: On View
content: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 2, C 2053
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Susan Rowan McGee
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2013.184
objectType: label: Type
content: tokens
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: brass (alloy)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (Diameter): 1 3/4 in. (4.5 cm)