Recruiting card for the Ku Klux Klan
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1928-1933
name: label: Created by
content: Ku Klux Klan, 2nd, American, 1915 - 1944
notes: label: Description
content: A wove paper recruiting card created by the Ku Klux Klan. The card shows black ink printed on a white background, landscape orientation and the top of reads: [Form P-217A 400M 4-20-23]. Largely titled in uppercase bold is: [“NON SILBA SED ANTHAR”] top center. Below the title is a statement calling on [Native Born] male American citizens to join a secret organization. The upper middle of the card lists [The Tenets of the Christian Religion.] beginning with [White supremacy.]. Towards the bottom of the card are blank spaces atop wide dotted lines, for the name, occupation, and address of the solicited. The back of the card 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: Youngstown, Mahoning County, Ohio, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Christianity
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1919-1933
label: Topic
content: White supremacy movements
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2019.34.1
objectType: label: Type
content: cards
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on wove paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Creed card): 3 3/8 × 5 1/2 in. (8.5 × 13.9 cm)