Wednesday, November 27, 2024

Ku Klux Klan Is Thankful for 50 New Members in Lenoir, Nov. 28, 1924

Klan Stages a Demonstration Initiating 50

Kinston, Nov. 27—Six hundred klansmen of Lenoir and adjoining counties gathered here tonight for a big demonstration and initiation. The hooded klansmen assembled on a field at the outskirts of the city and before hundreds of spectators held a spectacular ceremony, initiating, it was announced 50-odd members. A barbecues followed the ritual.

From the front page of The New Bernian, Nov. 28, 1924

newspapers.digitalnc.org/lccn/sn96086034/1924-11-28/ed-1/seq-1/#words=NOVEMBER+28%2C+1924

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