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The Indiana Klan was the state of Indiana branch of the Ku Klux Klan, a secret society in the United States that organized in 1915 to promote ideas of racial superiority and affect public affairs on issues of Prohibition, education, political corruption, and morality. Like the rest of the KKK, it was strongly white supremacist against African Americans, Chinese Americans, and also Catholics ...
- A Story of Ordinary Hoosiers
- The Snake Oil Salesman at The Top
- Could It Happen Again?
The temptation in trying to explain the Klan's appeal in Indiana is to look to the top: Grand Dragon David Curtiss (D.C.) Stephenson. But that would be a mistake, according to renowned IU Historian Dr. James H. Madison. "The harder story, the more important story, is the tens of thousands of Hoosiers across the state who joined the Ku Klux Klan," M...
The Klan was not a headless snake, though. At the top was Grand Dragon D.C. Stephenson, who had risen to prominence from the Evansville "Klavern" to eventually run the largest Klan organization in the country. Stephenson, according to Madison, was just the right person to capitalize on the anti-Catholic, anti-immigrant sentiment of his day. "Stephe...
In recent years, the Klan has made attempts at outreach in the state of Indiana – none generating any noticeable results. Aside from the aforementioned Madison rally in September, various Klan groups have passed out recruitment fliers in Fishers, Beech Grove and elsewhere, hoping to spread their message. There's no indication any of those efforts h...
Apr 4, 2023 · He joined another Klan-backed governor in the West, Walter M. Pierce in Oregon, who endorsed a voter-approved measure that would essentially eliminate Catholic schools. “Keeping America a Land for Americans” was his slogan. The Klan claimed fifteen United States senators under its control, and seventy-five members of the House of ...
April 14, 1925. Location (s) Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S. David Curtis " Steve " Stephenson (August 21, 1891 – June 28, 1966) was an American Ku Klux Klan leader, convicted rapist and murderer. In 1923 he was appointed Grand Dragon of the Indiana Klan and head of Klan recruiting for seven other states. Later that year, he led those groups to ...
Jul 15, 2020 · 1920s KKK membership records from HamCo open to public at the Indiana Historical Society. When the Ku Klux Klan re-emerged in the 1920s more notorious and stronger than it had been after the Civil ...
- Fishers And Noblesville Reporter
Jan 25, 2017 · In the 1920s, during what historians call the Ku Klux Klan’s “second wave,” Klan members served in all levels of government. The Klan didn’t start as a political force, but as a lark. Shortly after the Civil War ended, some Confederate veterans got together and played around with hoods and robes, wearing them while riding horses through ...
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Aug 30, 2012 · The couple moved to Evansville, Indiana, where Stephenson worked as a stock salesman for the Citizens Coal Company, and where a newly revitalized Ku Klux Klan was taking root. KKK members on ...
