In our first episode of the season, junior history major Susan Elliot joins Hollie to discuss the Ku Klux Klan in Kansas and its interaction with Kansas Methodists.
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Selected Bibliography:
Baker, Kelly J. Gospel According to the Klan: the KKK’s Appeal to Protestant America, 1915- 1930. Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas, 2011.
“Kansas Ku Klux Donate $8160 to Wesley.” Wichita Sunday Eagle, November 19, 1922. https://kansashistoricalsociety.newspapers.com/image/64381053. https://kansashistoricalsociety.newspapers.com/image/64381056.
“Ku Klux Klan Enters Kansas.” Emporia Gazette, July 23, 1921. https://kansashistoricalsociety.newspapers.com/image/16523569/?terms=%22ku%20klux %20klan%22&match=1.
“To the Lovers of Law and Order, Peace and Justice and to All Whom of Right It May Concern.” Evening Star, April 8, 1922. https://kansashistoricalsociety.newspapers.com/image/76634588/?terms=%22ku %20lux&match=1
Rives,Tim. The Ku Klux Klan in Kansas City, Kansas. Charleston, SC: History Press, 2019.
“Stinging Reply to Editor Who Criticized Klan Gift to Hospital is Hurled.” Evening Star, December 11, 1922. https://kansashistoricalsociety.newspapers.com/image/76632573/? terms=%22methodist%22&match=1.
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