<I>A Decatur County Farmer Replies</I>
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1928
name: label: Written by
content: Unidentified
label: Printed by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Ku Klux Klan, 2nd, American, 1915 - 1944
label: Subject of
content: Governor Alfred Emanuel Smith, American, 1873 - 1944
label: Subject of
content: President John Calvin Coolidge Jr., American, 1872 - 1933
label: Subject of
content: Pope Pius XI, Italian, 1857 - 1939
label: Subject of
content: President Herbert Clark Hoover, American, 1874 - 1964
notes: label: Description
content: Newspaper clipping entitled, [A Decatur County Farmer Replies]. The introduction of the clipping refers to a satirical poem that was put into circulation by the Republican Party in reference to an upcoming Presidential election. The brief introduction states that a response poem written by a Decatur County farmer. Both the Republican Party poem, [The Poem] and the response poem, [The Answer], are published below the introduction. The Republican Party poem is political negative campaigning against Democratic Presidential Candidate Alfred Smith.The response poem was written by an individual with an affiliation to the Ku Klux Klan and is political negative campaigning against Republican President Calvin Coolidge and Republican Presdiential Candidate Herbert Hoover. On the verso are two brief articles: [Decatur County Boys and Girls to Show Livestock at St. Joe in October] and [Long Creek Farmer Has Prize Pig Crop]. Newspaper title and author are unidentified.
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 depicted
content: Decatur County, Iowa, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: American West
label: Topic
content: Associations and institutions
label: Topic
content: Fraternal organizations
label: Topic
content: Politics
label: Topic
content: Race discrimination
label: Topic
content: Rural life
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: Memorabilia and Ephemera - Political and Activist Ephemera
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, A Gift of the Bunch Family
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.258.7
objectType: label: Type
content: newspapers
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Unknown - Restrictions Possible
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on newsprint
label: Dimensions
content: L x W: 9 13/16 × 2 3/8 in. (25 × 6 cm)