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Ku Klux Klan Parade at Minersville
Posted By Norman Gasbarro on October 11, 2018
Minersville, Schuylkill County, is adjacent to the area of study of the Civil War Research Project. No doubt though, what happened there was well known within the Lykens Valley area.
The Pottsville Republican, of 30 June 1927, reported on a Ku Klux Klan event for the 4th of July – a parade of Klansmen in Minersville.
Klan Parades at Minersville
The Knights of the Ku Klux Klan will participate in the Fourth of July Parade in Minersville at 9:30 a.m. Pottsville Unit leaves hall at 8 a.m. sharp. Visors down.
“Visors down” indicated that the Klansmen would have their faces covered.
How many more communities with Fourth of July parades had Klan groups march in them?
This post is a continuation of the reporting on hate groups that were active in the Lykens Valley area in the years following the Civil War. It was a widely known fact that the third iteration of the Ku Klux Klan had a significant presence in the Lykens Valley and adjacent valleys during the early years of the 20th Century. This iteration of the Klan was strongly white supremacist and was opposed to equal rights for African Americans, Catholics, Jews, and immigrants.
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Again, an excellent article. Thank you.