<I>Knights & women of the Ku Klux Klan: Klorero, Elmira, N. Y., July 1-2-3-4-5, 1925</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1925
name: label: Published by
content: Ku Klux Klan, 2nd, American, 1915 - 1944
label: Subject of
content: Ku Klux Klan, 2nd, American, 1915 - 1944
notes: label: Description
content: A pamphlet titled “Knights & women of the Ku Klux Klan: Klorero, Elmira, N. Y., July 1-2-3-4-5, 1925” published by the Ku Klux Klan. The front cover features a colored image of a robed Klansmen riding a robed horse. He is holding a flaming cross above his head with his left hand. The thirty-eight paged pamphlet features articles about the history of the Ku Klux Klan and biographies about members. The back cover has an automobile advertisement.
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: Elmira, Chemung County, New York, 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: Men
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1919-1933
label: Topic
content: White supremacy movements
label: Topic
content: Women
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
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: 2013.231.21
objectType: label: Type
content: pamphlets
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 paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 11 3/4 × 9 5/16 × 1/16 in. (29.8 × 23.7 × 0.2 cm)