TYPE: Artifact
COMPONENTS: 3/4" thick
LANGUAGE
English
ITEM ID: 686
New England KKK Mirror
DATE
Year: 1925
Decade: 1920s
Century: 20th (1901-2000)
A small mirror with various Klan symbols on it including a Bible, Constitution, flag, flaming cross and cameos of Presidents Washington and Lincoln. In the 1920s, the KKK was stronger North of the Mason-Dixon line than below – they focused on immigration, opposed non-Nordic peoples and tended to ignore Black and Jewish people. Northeastern Klansmen tended to be Republicans and their fathers and grandfathers had opposed slavery.
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