Mississippi History Timeline » Second KKK begins recruitment strategy by adding anti-immigrant, anti-Semitic, and anti-Catholic agenda to its anti-black sentiments

10,000BCE–1518CE

Belle Kearney

Purple heart medal (Museum Collection)

January, 1920: Second KKK begins recruitment strategy by adding anti-immigrant, anti-Semitic, and anti-Catholic agenda to its anti-black sentiments

This Klan was different from the Klan of the late 1800s as it was no longer purely a southern phenomenon but drew members from the Midwest as well.

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