Harrisburg Girl Branded with Ku Klux Klan Initials, 1924
On the evening of December 15, 1924, the teenage daughter of a Harrisburg capitalist, A. L. Ensinger, was allegedly accosted in her bedroom by a man who carved the initials […]
On the evening of December 15, 1924, the teenage daughter of a Harrisburg capitalist, A. L. Ensinger, was allegedly accosted in her bedroom by a man who carved the initials […]
In 1925, the most prominent individual in the Pennsylvania Ku Klux Klan was Samuel D. Rich. On Labor Day, September 7, 1925, a major Dauphin County Klan event was held […]
An example of how the Ku Klux Klan took it upon itself to enforce the drug laws by working outside the justice system. This ad appeared in the Sunbury Daily […]
On October 11, 1924, the Ku Klux Klan held a giant demonstration or rally at Packer’s Island Park in the Schuylkill River near Sunbury, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. The event drew […]
An example of how the Ku Klux Klan used terroristic methods in acting as “moral police” in area community. In addition to its opposition to African Americans, Jews, Catholics, immigrants, […]
An article that appeared in the Sunbury Daily Item of October 17, 1924, reported that a major cause of forest fires in Pennsylvania was the burning of crosses by the […]
On April 22, 1965, the Sunbury Daily Item published an Associated Press piece by Lee Linder which gave a brief history of the Ku Klux Klan in Pennsylvania. Although it […]
An article that appeared in the Sunbury Daily Item on February 24, 1924, told of two large explosions followed by two burning crosses in the area around Sunbury, Northumberland County, […]