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URL:https://mariettaohio.org/events/terrorizing-immigrants-and-catholics-t
 he-ohio-ku-klux-klan-in-the-1920s/
SUMMARY:Terrorizing Immigrants and Catholics: The Ohio Ku Klux Klan in the 
 1920's
DESCRIPTION:This event is FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.\n\nHaving virtually 
 disappeared in the late nineteenth century\, the Ku Klux Klan exploded ont
 o the national in the early 1920s\, with perhaps five million members at i
 ts peak. While the original Klan concentrated its animus against the newly
  freed slaves\, this “second” KKK had an expanded list of social scape
 goats that included immigrants\, Jews\, and Catholics. While the original 
 Klan was based primarily in the South\, the second Klan had its greatest n
 umerical strength in the West and Midwest. In fact\, Ohio may have had mor
 e KKK members than any other state in the Union\, with an estimated 400\,0
 00 Klansmen and Klanswomen. In this presentation we will explore why the K
 lan was so strong in Ohio\, what activities the Ohio Klan engaged in\, and
  in what ways the folks targeted by the Klan fought back.\n\n——\n\nWil
 liam Trollinger is Professor of History in the History and Religious Studi
 es Departments at the University of Dayton. Having earned his Ph.D. in His
 tory from the University of Wisconsin-Madison\, his publications include G
 od’s Empire: William Bell Riley and the Making of American Fundamentalis
 m (2 nd ed.\, University of Tennessee Press\, 2025) and “Hearing the Sil
 ence: The University of Dayton\, the Ku Klux Klan\, and Catholic Universit
 ies in the 1920s\,” American Catholic Studies (Spring 2013). He is also 
 co-author with Susan Trollinger of Righting America at the Creation Museum
  (Johns Hopkins University Press\, 2016) and “From Creationism to QAnon:
  The Culture War Conspiracism of Answers in Genesis\,” Isis (Summer 2025
 ).
CATEGORIES:Events,Historical
LOCATION:Campus Martius Museum\, 601 Second Street\, Marietta\, Ohio\, 4575
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