Ku Klux Clan 1923 Meeting in City Auditorium News Photo, 1993
Entry/Object ID
P9999.BHF.660
Description
Ku Klux Clan 1933 Meeting in City Auditorium News Photo, 1993. Digital image of reprint of photo of Ku Klux Clan meeting in St. Joseph in 1933 in a St. Joseph News Press history article, dated March 28, 1933.
The photo is of the original City Auditorium packed in all three balconies and the floor fully occupied by white robed, hooded Klansmen. Written in white at the bottom of the photo: "Annual Fall Meeting of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan--St. Joseph, Mo, Sept. ?, 1923".
Headline: Blacks Would Like to See Their History Preserved.
Caption: During this four-state Ku Klux Klan conference in 1923 at old City Auditorium, local KKK membership was about 3500. Photo courtesy of Virgil Bashor.
KuKluxKlan 1933.jpg This name misidentifies the year. It was 1923 not 1933.
Collection
Black Archives
Made/Created
Date made
1993
Lexicon
Search Terms
Black History, Ku Klux Klan, Ku Klux Klan in St. Joseph
Legacy Lexicon
Object Name
Digital Image
Dimensions
Dimension Notes
Digital Image Only
Condition
Overall Condition
Not Rated
Maintenance
Maintenance History
Date
Jun 22, 2013
Provenance
Notes
Digital Images from photos loaned from members of Black Archives for scanning only
