On this page is a collection of kindly remarks made by Klansmen in their own defense as well as a smattering of similar statements made by newspaper editors and various other high-profiled swells of the day:
“This editor has repeatedly affirmed privately and publicly that he is not a member of the Ku Klux or any other secret organization. But when it comes to secret societies, he sees no difference absolutely between the Ku Klux and many others, the Knights of Columbus, for instance…”
Click here to learn about the origins of the term “Jim Crow”.
Click here for the Ku Klux Klan Archive.
KEY WORDS: newspaper editors who supported the KKK 1923,defensive remarks supporting KKK 1923,KKK apologists 1923,Mayfield Weekly Newspaper supported KKK 1923,pro-Klan newspapers 1923,KKK broadly misunderstood as a patriotic organization,KKK seen as Pro-American group 1923
