(CIVIL RIGHTS--KU KLUX KLAN.) ARKANSAS. Constitution, Kloran and Kreed of the Women of the Ku Klux Klan. Uniform tall, narrow 12mo; 82, 36, 1 pp. Original printed gray wrappers and single page of tan paper, printed on one side only. Little Rock, AR: Imperial Headquarters, 1923
first printings of all three items. The Klan, formed in the South after the Civil War by Nathan Bedford Forrest and others to combat Carpetbaggers and the ascendancy of the Negro in Southern politics, became both irrelevant as well as simply outdated by first decade of the 20th century. The Klan was reformed in 1915 and became much more active than it had ever been before, with branches, or "Klaverns" all over the country, including strong Klan presence in upstate New York and New England. Also new was the strong role for women in the Klan as these three items show.
