Talk:Ku Klux Klan

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I am sure the people writing here know more of the subject than I. However I was trying to write a section in the Ohio history article about the KKK and was wondering if anyone had any links I could use. It was removed because they said at first is was nothing more than trivia. So is there anyone who could like to help me write a small section? I was thinking that all states that had historical klan membership should be linked to this article. --Margrave1206 (talk) 15:17, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

I recommend you David Chalmers' book Hooded Americanism, he describes the second Klan state by state. - Darwinek (talk) 14:12, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

Kenneth T. Jackson's Ku Klux Klan in the Cities is also a valuable resource. He goes beyond cities but also notes data about how urban the Second Klan was.--Parkwells (talk) 23:01, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

Footnote #2 in the article proper is incorrect. Membership in the original Klan was not restricted in the same manner as its second incarnation. Whether due to ignorance or convenience-of-argument, the method and motive of the two organizations are blurred in the text cited here. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tttecumseh (talk • contribs) 14:09, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

Original aspects of the KKK

The people of the KKK need Jesus!!!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.123.152.216 (talk) 00:22, 13 October 2008 (UTC)

Its original purpose was to stop the pillage of foods and property, and to stop the rape and of women, daughters and slaves performed by the Union Army. Ref: A Brief History of the Ku Klux Klan, http://www.pointsouth.com/csanet/kkk.htm

As this "international" site is predominantly operated by Americans, and like most people they do not want their skeletons aired in public, I sincerely doubt that the above correction will ever be applied. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.106.112.220 (talk) 09:10, 12 September 2008 (UTC)

Stucture of the Klan?

The page certainly presents an exhaustive history of the organization, but says little about how Klan groups are organized. Anyone out there have good sources and the inclination to talk more about that?Shuneke (talk) 19:42, 22 September 2008 (UTC)

I can point you to the Kloran of the White Knights of Mississippi in the pdf. It contains rules and the process of inducting new members, as well as some local organization structure. - Darwinek (talk) 20:23, 22 September 2008 (UTC)

Photos uploaded with KKK slug

I have uploaded several KKK photos that you might be able to use for your KKK page. Photos are from a KKK Cross burning in Ohio in 1987. escapedtowisconsin —Preceding unsigned comment added by Escapedtowisconsin (talk • contribs) 21:13, 8 October 2008 (UTC)

I don't see them? Ottre 19:37, 14 October 2008 (UTC)

Popular culture references

• Just to go on the record, I fully support User:Jpgordon's decision to remove the "Popular culture references" section per his argument in the edit summary (here) and per WP:TRIVIA. If any such references are truly notable, they can be discussed in the body of the article. --Dystopos (talk) 23:32, 9 October 2008 (UTC)

Stone Mountain Image unfair

This image is not related to anything in the text. The sculpture has nothing to do with the Klan. This is just some zealot's attempt to defame the figures honored in the sculpture. This image and the accompanying label should be removed. It is only fair. Navy Steel (talk) 23:01, 28 October 2008 (UTC)

Agreed. It should go. Big Techs (talk) 17:26, 31 October 2008 (UTC)

Sharkey

The history section makes the following assertion: "In 1866, Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey reported that disorder, lack of control and lawlessness were widespread; in some states armed bands of Confederate soldiers roamed at will. Southerners seemed to take out on blacks all their wrath at the Federal government. They casually attacked and killed blacks whose bodies were left on the roads." William L. Sharkey was provisional governor only and left office in 1865 when Benjamin G. Humphreys succeeded him. Either the date or the governor is wrong, or perhaps the source has it wrong. I don't have access to Du Bois's book just now to check it. Can anyone shed light on this? Mackensen (talk) 12:55, 2 November 2008 (UTC)

Membership since Barack Obama nominated as presidential candidate

I read that there was an FBI report showing that membership in the Ku Klux Klan was steadily rising since Obama began the race for president (http://blogian.hayastan.com/2008/02/03/ku-klux-klan-after-obama/) I think this is noteworthy for the history section and someone with better experience then myself should look into if this is true or not