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A century ago the Ku Klux Klan was a thriving entity in the state of Colorado. Tens of thousands of Coloradans swore their allegiance to the Klan in the 1920s,
A century ago the Ku Klux Klan was a thriving entity in the state of Colorado. Tens of thousands of Coloradans swore their allegiance to the Klan in the 1920s, including prominent public officials like Denverâs then mayor and chief of police. According to History Colorado, the stateâs preeminent historical society, Colorado had the nationâs 2
nd-highest per capita Klan membership in the 1920s, with a chapter â or klavern â in each of its 64 counties.
History Colorado recently released a massive record of the Ku Klux Klanâs presence in Denver and other cities in the 1920s, when the white supremacist group was at the height of its power and influence. Â
Denverite, the Denver site! Historic Colorado KKK membership documents, newly published, show white supremacy was rampant in 1920s Denver
There were about 107,000 white men living in Denver in 1920. Documents suggest close to 30,000 of them were registered members of the Ku Klux Klan.
An excerpt of a KKK membership ledger, dating to the 1920s, that History Colorado published online in its entirety.
Monyett Ellington moved to Denver in 1938, before Black families like hers could buy houses east of High Street. She remembers a childhood when adults around her spoke in hushed tones about dangers the Ku Klux Klan posed to their community, about crosses burning in front lawns and threats the hate group might march Welton Street through the center of Black life in the city.
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