The original item was published from August 8, 2017 10:56 AM to August 8, 2017 11:49 AM
From the State Library of Kansas’ KGI Online Library:
A very cool publication… excerpts from a 1922 speech by Kansas Governor Henry Justin Allen on the presence of the Ku Klux Klan in Kansas.
Excerpts From Governor Allen's 1922 Speech on the Ku
Klux Klan
A few other online resources on the Ku Klux Klan in Kansas in the 1920s:
The Ku Klux Klan in Kansas
(Kansas Historical Society - Kansapedia article)
"Kansas Battles the Invisible Empire"
(Article from Kansas Historical Quarterly, 1974)
The Ku Klux Klan in Eastern Kansas During the 1920s
(Emporia State University Studies, 1975)
The Ku Klux Klan in Kansas City, Kansas 1921-1930
(Thesis by Timothy D. Rives, 1995 - Emporia State Univ.)