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== I was wrong about the 1920s KKK ==
== I was wrong about the 1920s KKK ==
...in terms of oppsing Federal policies--my bad, I misread the Prohibition thing. But the article certainly undersells activities like the lynching of returning black servicemen and the Leo Frank case. Is there a reason for that? [[User:MichaelHWC|MichaelHWC]] 23:24, 9 November 2009 (EST)
...in terms of opposing Federal policies--my bad, I misread the Prohibition thing. But the article certainly undersells activities like the lynching of returning black servicemen and the Leo Frank case. Is there a reason for that? [[User:MichaelHWC|MichaelHWC]] 23:24, 9 November 2009 (EST)
::yes, the KKK was not involved in either. [[User:RJJensen|RJJensen]] 00:09, 10 November 2009 (EST)
::yes, the KKK was not involved in either. [[User:RJJensen|RJJensen]] 00:09, 10 November 2009 (EST)
:::Alright, then. Who lynched those servicemen? [[User:MichaelHWC|MichaelHWC]] 00:15, 10 November 2009 (EST)
:::Alright, then. Who lynched those servicemen? [[User:MichaelHWC|MichaelHWC]] 00:15, 10 November 2009 (EST)
::::The servicement wetre lynched in 1919; the Klan got going about 1921-22. In general, local lynch mobs were not part of any organized group--they formed spontaneously for the moment. There are a few cases of possible KKK involvement in lynchings in the 1920s but the evidence is very thin. (the Klan was not involved in Tulsa either) There was no KKK anywhere when Leo Frank was lynched. Lynching declined sharply in the 1920s in the South. [[User:RJJensen|RJJensen]] 00:23, 10 November 2009 (EST)
:::: Good question. The servicemen were lynched in 1919; the Klan got going about 1921-22. In general, local lynch mobs were not part of any organized group--they formed spontaneously for the moment. There are a few cases of possible KKK involvement in lynchings in the 1920s but the evidence is very thin. (the Klan was not involved in Tulsa either) There was no KKK anywhere when Leo Frank was lynched. Lynching declined sharply in the 1920s in the South. [[User:RJJensen|RJJensen]] 00:24, 10 November 2009 (EST)