The KKK and Jim Crow in Iowa
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Had 3-6 million members at its peak. So I'm guessing there aren't many places in America without Klan history.
Thinking around the Klan's peak time period. America had around 110 million residents. That would make a good chunk off the country Klan.
Make America Great AGAIN (like it was in the good old days).
In truth, you really reside in Ferguson, MO, correct?
Herk...you take this stuff way to personal! Hell, it is all history...it is what it is. Iowans are no different than any one else. People are people.
The one thing that really pisses me off is al, this "Iowa Value" bullshit we here living here in Iowa....Iowans ain't any different than folks from Illinois, Texas, Washington or Ohio. And they are not any different than us! What makes us unique is environment and exposure. All things being equal, we are all the same.
Yeah....the Klan was a big player in Ioway once.....and Klan attitudes are something we ALL need to be mindful of........"there but for the Grace of God, go I"......
The one thing that really pisses me off is al, this "Iowa Value" bullshit we here living here in Iowa....Iowans ain't any different than folks from Illinois, Texas, Washington or Ohio. And they are not any different than us! What makes us unique is environment and exposure. All things being equal, we are all the same.
Yeah....the Klan was a big player in Ioway once.....and Klan attitudes are something we ALL need to be mindful of........"there but for the Grace of God, go I"......
Much truth to what you say. I've found people are people no matter the state or country.
However...…………….. the fact that George Washington Carver was able to attend college in Iowa after being rejected in Missouri somehow led me to believe that Iowa was accepting of all people. This was enhanced by the fact he became a professor at Iowa State after graduating from Simpson.
Damn it Joel, as a group I think we're pretty good folks. (You being the exception of course.)
Sometimes, we can be!Much truth to what you say. I've found people are people no matter the state or country.
However...…………….. the fact that George Washington Carver was able to attend college in Iowa after being rejected in Missouri somehow led me to believe that Iowa was accepting of all people. This was enhanced by the fact he became a professor at Iowa State after graduating from Simpson.
Damn it Joel, as a group I think we're pretty good folks. (You being the exception of course.)
But honestly, for the most part most people are pretty good to each other most of the time. Hell, I even had friends growing up who lived in Knoxville! I had classmates that dated and even married gals from Osky! Now, is that turning a blind eye or what?
We already have the liberals version of the KKK, it's now called the Klan with a Tan (BLM). Marching and torching near a town by you.
From which side of town? The "bad" side...or the other "bad" side?You know 50% of genes come from Osky, right?
Well let’s keep them in line with some sweet lynchings like we did before all of those civil rights pussies ruined everything and when America was great!
...and ignorance is not limited by size, color or political affiliation. What is your point?
South of town? Are you claiming a technicality here by claiming University Park as opposed to Osky? I see what you are trying to do......Now me....I claim Im from the "southend of Pella".....the "southend" would occasionally vote for a Democrat!Well, in truth, University Park.
America is still great despite you and your efforts.
It was until treasonous trump was elected and turned our great nation into a 3rd world shithole.
Yes you are what's wrong with this country. You want it to be just as crappy as your country.
It’s crazy to think, or rather not know, if posters on this board had Klan members in their family.
One thing for sure, grampa Jellyfish could hide a pretty massive man-bun under one of those pointy hats. Not accusing but just say'n...
The KKK peaked in membership in 1925 with about
5 to 6 million members.
Today, the KKK is estimated to have 5 to 6 thousand
members.
Bottom Line: Their influence today is created by the
media as a sensational story. In reality their influence
has waned greatly. They are part of the old South
which hated black people for no good reason.
5 to 6 million members.
Today, the KKK is estimated to have 5 to 6 thousand
members.
Bottom Line: Their influence today is created by the
media as a sensational story. In reality their influence
has waned greatly. They are part of the old South
which hated black people for no good reason.
No they had good reason a major social/economic change was thrust upon them. Groups will do what it takes to maintain their way of life.
I had no idea the Red Army stormed the beaches at Normandy too. Impressive
Most of my family on my fathers side lived around Millersburg, Iowa. Back in the 1960s my grandmother was cleaning out my great grandfathers basement at his grocery store and found a Klan outfit.
It was evidently a big deal back in the 1930s in Iowa but it wasn’t evolved around black folk. It was against Catholics. The Methodist and Lutheran Churches absolutely hated the Catholics back then. Don’t know why really.
It was evidently a big deal back in the 1930s in Iowa but it wasn’t evolved around black folk. It was against Catholics. The Methodist and Lutheran Churches absolutely hated the Catholics back then. Don’t know why really.
My grandfather told me that when he went to the Pacific theater in WW2, he hated the southern men because of how they treated the black men.
There were chapters in MN too.
"Minnesota might not seem like an obvious place to look for traces of Ku Klux Klan parade grounds, but this northern state was once home to fifty-one chapters of the KKK. Elizabeth Hatle tracks down the history of the Klan in Minnesota, beginning with the racially charged atmosphere that produced the tragic 1920 Duluth lynchings. She measures the influence the organization wielded at the peak of its prominence within state politics and tenaciously follows the careers of the Klansmen who continued life in the public sphere after the Hooded Order lost its foothold in the Land of Ten Thousand Lakes."
"Minnesota might not seem like an obvious place to look for traces of Ku Klux Klan parade grounds, but this northern state was once home to fifty-one chapters of the KKK. Elizabeth Hatle tracks down the history of the Klan in Minnesota, beginning with the racially charged atmosphere that produced the tragic 1920 Duluth lynchings. She measures the influence the organization wielded at the peak of its prominence within state politics and tenaciously follows the careers of the Klansmen who continued life in the public sphere after the Hooded Order lost its foothold in the Land of Ten Thousand Lakes."
My dad talked about it in the context of a conversation about a predominantly black town of about 5000 near their farm (Buxton, IA). He said that the residents (kids his age) there he had spoken to regarding rumored Klan meetings in the area were not worried about the Klan, as it was well known that the Klan's major purpose was to resist Roman Catholicism. The "damned papists" and "idolaters" were very hated in that area at that time.
They claimed Catholics looked to the Vatican for leadership rather than Washington.
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/503749/day-notre-dame-students-pummeled-ku-klux-klan
That certainly spoils the Black narrative they were the sole victims of the KKK.
In the 1960 election, one of the main complaints by evangelicals Vs. Kennedy was that he would take policy direction from the Vatican at the expense of the United States.
Whoever said that? It’s a well known fact that KKK folks hated Catholics. It has never been a secret. However, the Klans notoriety comes clearly thru their fear based scare tactics directed at blacks.
My dad was born in 1926. He told me that when he was a kid, black people who arrived in Davenport were told to move on. It stayed that way until WWII and all the people moving into the RI Arsenal. No clan here really, as it was primarily a Catholic town.
FWIW, he also told me that the Red Light District in Davenport was the area at the base of the Arsenal Bridge. Lots of Whore Houses there. Changed in WWII when the Feds shut it down because too many service members were getting the Clap.
QC was very much a wide open town back in the day. I can remember betting in bars on football games, and that did not get cracked down on until the 1980's. I played barrel of fun at the local Cigar store in the late 1960's and the bars had them behind the counters until the early 80's.
Times have changed.
FWIW, he also told me that the Red Light District in Davenport was the area at the base of the Arsenal Bridge. Lots of Whore Houses there. Changed in WWII when the Feds shut it down because too many service members were getting the Clap.
QC was very much a wide open town back in the day. I can remember betting in bars on football games, and that did not get cracked down on until the 1980's. I played barrel of fun at the local Cigar store in the late 1960's and the bars had them behind the counters until the early 80's.
Times have changed.
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