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Index: Ku Klux Klan
Dec 24,
1865
KKK Founded in Pulaski, Tennessee
Feb 18,
1915
President Wilson Enjoys His First Movie: “Birth of a Nation”
Mar 3,
1915
Protests Greet “Birth of a Nation” Opening in New York City
Aug 17,
1915
Leo Frank Lynched – Anti-Semitism Rises
Nov 25,
1915
Cross Burned on Stone Mountain, Georgia – KKK Revived
May 31,
1921
Tulsa Race Riot Devastates African-American Community
Mar 15,
1922
Anti-KKK Group Formed in Oklahoma
Dec 8,
1922
“Birth of a Nation” Denied Permit in New York City
Oct 21,
1923
Boston Mayor Curley Bans KKK Meetings, ACLU Protests
Jul 6,
1924
KKK Issue Sharply Divides Democratic Party Convention
Jun 1,
1925
Supreme Court Strikes Down Anti-Catholic Oregon School Law
Aug 8,
1925
KKK Stages Huge March of 35,000 in Washington, D.C.
Sep 1,
1926
Virginia KKK Kidnap Catholic Priest for Teaching African-American Children
Sep 18,
1928
Anti-Catholic Attacks on Candidate Al Smith Continue
Nov 19,
1928
Supreme Court Upholds NY Restrictions on KKK and Similar Groups
Sep 14,
1937
Hugo Black, New Supreme Court Justice, Attacked for Past KKK Membership
Jul 11,
1954
Segregationist White Citizens’ Council Formed to Fight Integration
Jul 30,
1964
FBI Adds KKK to Notorious COINTELPRO Program
Jun 9,
1969
Brandenburg: First Amendment Protects Advocacy of Violence – But Not Incitement to Imminent Lawless Action
Aug 15,
1973
ACLU Backs Klan’s Right to Meet in Public Park
Dec 25,
1981
Georgia School Board Allows Klan Meeting in Building – ACLU Applauds
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