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Ku Klux Klan photographs

 Collection
Identifier: CHC-2008-167

Scope and Contents

This collection contains thirty-seven photographs depicting rallies, gatherings, and members of the Ku Klux Klan, a white spremacist hate group, during the 1970s and 1980s. Several photographs were taken by Chattanooga Times photographers and depict Ku Klux Klan activity in Chattanooga and the surrounding Tennessee Valley, but other locations include Connecticut, Kentucky, Mississippi, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Florida, Alabama, and California.

Dates

  • Creation: 1978-1985

Language of Materials

This collection contains materials in English.

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

The copyright status of this collection has not been evaluated.

Biographical / Historical

The Ku Klux Klan (KKK) is a white nationalist hate group that originated in Pulaski, Tennessee after the American Civil War in 1865. Following Reconstruction, the Klan continued to grow, surging in the 1960s in response to the civil rights movement. KKK membership fragmented in the 1970s with the proliferation of other right-wing extremist groups, including neo-Nazis.

Extent

0.42 Linear Feet (1 container)

Additional Description

Immediate Source of Acquisition

This collection was deposited with the Chattanooga History Center on an unknown date by an unknown source. The Chattanooga History Center donated this collection to the Chattanooga Public Library and University of Tennessee at Chattanooga on 2017 June 12.

Existence and Location of Copies

Digital reproductions of the collection are available electronically at https://digital-collections.library.utc.edu/digital/collection/p16877coll41.

Processing Information

Processing of this collection is complete.

Related Names

Subjects

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
Ku Klux Klan photographs
Status
Completed
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Collection Area Details

Collection Area Details

Part of the Chattanooga History Collections Collection Area

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Contact:
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Library
c/o Special Collections
600 Douglas Street
Chattanooga Tennessee 37403 United States