![]() ![]() ![]() The Ku Klux Klan was controversial in the 1920s not only because of its intolerance and promotion of vigilante violence, but also because of its entry into American politics. (Click on image to view articles from the Seattle KKK paper, Watcher on the Tower) Source: the national Klan newspaper, The Imperial Night-Hawk, July 2, 1924, p4.ĭavid Leppert: Mayor of Kent and Seattle-area Ku Klux Klan Leader Silent on KKK Terrorism: Pacific Northwest Democrats, 1924ĭelegates to the Democratic Party's 1924 Convention from Washington State, Oregon, and Idaho unanimously opposed adding a plank to the Party Platform that would condemn Ku Klux Klan violence. ![]()
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