Tim Rives Lecture: The Ku Klux Klan in KCK

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Teens, Adults
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The Ku Klux Klan kicked off a nationwide revival in 1921 and took Kansas City, Kansas, by storm. Klan members intimidated African Americans, vandalized Catholic cemeteries and fed a political machine, electing more than one hundred Klansmen to local offices, from district attorney to mayor. Author Tim Rives shares this troubled and little-known story, where the men of the Klan's inner circle ruled the city for nearly thirty years.