Browse Items (2 total)

An illustration of Thomas Dixon, author of "The Clansman" (1905) and Arthur I. Keller, used as the frontispiece for the same novel. "The Clansman" served as the inspiration for a later film adaptation known as "Birth of a Nation" (1915).

This article discusses the recent rise of of the Ku Klux Klan throughout the country. According to the article, prominent black leaders in Philadelphia recently received threatening letters from the white supremacist group.