Ku Klux Klan rally in Calera, Alabama, during which a "a class of one hundred aliens" is being "naturalized before the fiery cross."
The event was announced in an article in the Shelby County Reporter on June 26: "The public is invited to witness the largest gathering of Klansmen ever held in Shelby County. All the people of Shelby County will be at Calera on this date. A new Ford Touring Car will be given away. Aeroplane d...
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Alabama Photographs and Pictures Ku Klux Klan rally in Calera, Alabama, during which a "a class of one hundred aliens" is being "naturalized before the fiery cross." |
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The event was announced in an article in the Shelby County Reporter on June 26: "The public is invited to witness the largest gathering of Klansmen ever held in Shelby County. All the people of Shelby County will be at Calera on this date. A new Ford Touring Car will be given away. Aeroplane demonstration. Baseball games and a number of other things that will be of interest to everybody. The principles of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan will be thoroughly explained by an able speaker. This should be very interesting to those who do not know the things for which this order stands. You should hear him . . . After the naturalization ceremony there will be the largest display of fire works ever had in this country. This alone will be worth your coming. Bring the children and let them enjoy the day and evening. ALL ATTRACTIONS WILL BE FREE!! Klansmen who expect to participate in these ceremonies must provide themselves with a robe." |
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Q0000058171Q58171Ku Klux Klan rally in Calera, Alabama, during which a "a class of one hundred aliens" is being "naturalized before the fiery cross."The event was announced in an article in the Shelby County Reporter on June 26: "The public is invited to witness the largest gathering of Klansmen ever held in Shelby County. All the people of Shelby County will be at Calera on this date. A new Ford Touring Car will be given away. Aeroplane demonstration. Baseball games and a number of other things that will be of interest to everybody. The principles of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan will be thoroughly explained by an able speaker. This should be very interesting to those who do not know the things for which this order stands. You should hear him . . . After the naturalization ceremony there will be the largest display of fire works ever had in this country. This alone will be worth your coming. Bring the children and let them enjoy the day and evening. ALL ATTRACTIONS WILL BE FREE!! Klansmen who expect to participate in these ceremonies must provide themselves with a robe."1924 July 41920-1929Ku Klux Klan (1915- )--Alabama; Calera (Ala.); Shelby County (Ala.)Still imagePhotographsAlabama. Department of Archives and HistoryAlabama Department of Archives and History photographs collection - Places vertical fileOversize Box 3v3360Alabama Department of Archives and History, 624 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama 36130EnglishThis material may be protected under U. S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S. Code) which governs the making of photocopies or reproductions of copyrighted materials. You may use the digitized material for private study, scholarship, or research. Though ADAH has physical ownership of the material in its collections, in some cases we may not own the copyright to the material. It is the patron's obligation to determine and satisfy copyright restrictions when publishing or otherwise distributing materials found in our collections.600 PPI TIFFhttp://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/photo/id/24440 |
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