Indiana Klan

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The Indiana Klan was the state of Indiana branch of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK), a secret society in the United States that formed in Georgia in 1915. It grew rapidly in the early 1920s all across the United States. It used very energetic paid organizers who formed local chapters, and were well paid when they collected membership fees. The state and national Klans made money by selling uniforms. The appeal was to promote ideas of religious superiority and affect public affairs on issues of patriotism and Protestantism, especially Prohibition, education, political corruption, and morality. Only white Protestant men could become members, and membership was kept secret. Historians, however, have discovered some local membership lists. The membership was a cross section of white Protestants in terms of class, education and income. The Indiana Klan was strongly hostile against Catholics who comprised 20% of the state population. It was nominally more hostile to African Americans and Jews, who each...

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