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California Ku Klux Klan Medal [146119]

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California Ku Klux Klan Medal  [146119]
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Deemed an "ineligible type" by NGC, this medal commemorates the California visit in 1926 of the Imperial Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan, Hiram W. Evans. Obv.: A Compassionate Heart A Chivalric Head / A Prudent Tongue A Courageous Will /Hiram W. Evans 1922 / 1926 / Non Silba Seo Anthar. rev.: Commemorating California Visit / Of The Imperial Wizard. Br. rd., 30 mm.
The backlash against "alien" groups "infesting" American life after World War I assumed its most virulent form in a revival of the Ku Klux Klan. The organization had first emerged in the rural South after the Civil War, seeking to intimidate blacks from voting or holding office, and had pretty much died out by 1900. The zealous patriotism fostered by American intervention in World War I helped revive the Klan. In its new form it was more of an urban than a rural phenomenon. It adopted a broader agenda than the original organization, and its membership grew across the nation. By 1926 it boasted over 3 million members. Klan intolerance now went beyond blacks to include Jews, Catholics, Communists, and labor unionists. Texas dentist Hiram Evans assumed leadership of the organization in 1926. In his speeches he revealed that the Klan was fundamentally a protest against all of the ills associated with modern culture. He was on the cover of Time magazine on June 23, 1924.

Date: 1926
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State: California
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