Ku Klux Klan, East Hodgdon, 1927
Contributed by Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum
Item 20723
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Description
The Ku Klux Klan marching in East Hodgdon.
The first Ku Klux Klan faded from the South in the late 1870s and 1880s after the end of Reconstruction. A second Ku Klux Klan rose up from the Atlanta, Georgia area after World War I in response to a fear of immigrants, radicalism and changing morals as well as hostility toward Roman Catholics, Jews, African Americans, bootleggers and divorcees. By 1923 the Klan had over 3,000,000 members nationwide. Criminal prosecutions and scandal depleted membership to about 45,000 by 1930 and the organization was disbanded in the 1940s. The Klan is known to have had a presence in several Maine communities in the 1920s with a membership of about 20,000.
East Hodgedon Baptist Church is in the background.
Other Information
- Title: Ku Klux Klan, East Hodgdon, 1927
- Creation Date: 1927
- Subject Date: 1927
- Town: Hodgdon
- Local Name: East Hodgdon
- County: Aroostook
- State: ME
- Media: Photograph
- Dimensions (cm): 25 x 20
- Local Code: N-84
- Object Type: Image
For more information about this item, contact:
Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum
109 Main Street, Houlton, ME 04730
(207) 532-6687
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LC Subject Headings
Parades & processions--Maine--Hodgdon
Ku Klux Klan (Hodgdon, Me.)
Secret societies--Maine
Other Keywords
bootleggers , immigrants , Roman Catholics , African Americans , World War I , radicalism , Jews
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