The Ku Klux Klan in Minnesota

The Ku Klux Klan in Minnesota

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Publication Date: 17th September 2013

Minnesota might not seem like an obvious place to look for traces of Ku Klux Klan parade grounds, but this northern state was once home to fifty-one chapters of the KKK. Elizabeth Hatle tracks down the history of the Klan in Minnesota, beginning with the racially charged atmosphere that produced the tragic 1920 Duluth lynchings. She measures the influence the organization wielded at the peak of its prominence within state politics and tenaciously follows the careers of the Klansmen who continued life in the public sphere after the Hooded Order lost its foothold in the Land of Ten Thousand Lake... Read More
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Minnesota might not seem like an obvious place to look for traces of Ku Klux Klan parade grounds, but this northern state was once home to fifty-one chapters of the KKK. Elizabeth Hatle tracks down the history of the Klan in Minnesota, beginning with the racially charged atmosphere that produced the tragic 1920 Duluth lynchings. She measures the influence the organization wielded at the peak of its prominence within state politics and tenaciously follows the careers of the Klansmen who continued life in the public sphere after the Hooded Order lost its foothold in the Land of Ten Thousand Lake... Read More
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Minnesota might not seem like an obvious place to look for traces of Ku Klux Klan parade grounds, but this northern state was once home to fifty-one chapters of the KKK. Elizabeth Hatle tracks down the history of the Klan in Minnesota, beginning with the racially charged atmosphere that produced the tragic 1920 Duluth lynchings. She measures the influence the organization wielded at the peak of its prominence within state politics and tenaciously follows the careers of the Klansmen who continued life in the public sphere after the Hooded Order lost its foothold in the Land of Ten Thousand Lakes.
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  • Pages: 192
  • Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
  • Imprint: The History Press
  • Publication Date: 17th September 2013
  • State: Minnesota
  • Illustration Note: Black and White
  • ISBN: 9781626191891
  • Format: Paperback
  • BISACs:
    HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
    TRUE CRIME / General
    PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Historical
    POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Nationalism & Patriotism
Author Bio
Elizabeth Dorsey Hatle is a high school history teacher in the Minneapolis school district and a graduate of the University of Minnesota. Her work on the Ku Klux Klan has appeared in Minnesota History magazine.
Minnesota might not seem like an obvious place to look for traces of Ku Klux Klan parade grounds, but this northern state was once home to fifty-one chapters of the KKK. Elizabeth Hatle tracks down the history of the Klan in Minnesota, beginning with the racially charged atmosphere that produced the tragic 1920 Duluth lynchings. She measures the influence the organization wielded at the peak of its prominence within state politics and tenaciously follows the careers of the Klansmen who continued life in the public sphere after the Hooded Order lost its foothold in the Land of Ten Thousand Lakes.
  • Pages: 192
  • Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
  • Imprint: The History Press
  • Publication Date: 17th September 2013
  • State: Minnesota
  • Illustrations Note: Black and White
  • ISBN: 9781626191891
  • Format: Paperback
  • BISACs:
    HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
    TRUE CRIME / General
    PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Historical
    POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Nationalism & Patriotism
Elizabeth Dorsey Hatle is a high school history teacher in the Minneapolis school district and a graduate of the University of Minnesota. Her work on the Ku Klux Klan has appeared in Minnesota History magazine.