Record #:

12650

Author(s):

Norris, Jeannie Faris

Abstract:

Originating in Pulaski, Tennessee, the Ku Klux Klan infiltrated North Carolina in 1867. The first meeting, held in the law offices of Kerr Craige, initiated a movement that spread mainly across the Piedmont region of the state, expanding membership to some 40,000 individuals by 1872. Participants were required to be white males, aged eighteen or older, and be members of the Democratic Party.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 30 Issue 18, Feb 1963, p13-14, por

Subject(s):

Reconstruction (1865-1877)--North Carolina; Ku Klux Klan (1915- )