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Kampus Klan:
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln and the Ku Klux Klan, in the Early 1920sProject Editor: Ryan Treick, History 470: Digital History, Spring 2008
Editorial Note:
This article refers to Nebraska Rep. C.F. Reavis, who is one of four members demanding congressional investigation of the Ku Klux Klan. A leading politician from the state leading the fight to expose the Klan of its illegal activities is another example of how the Klan was unable to gain support from Nebraska politicians.
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Reavis in Fight to Expose Klan
Representative C.F. Reavis of the first Nebraska district is one of four members of the house who will demand a congressional investigation of the activities of teh Ku Klux Klan, particularly the Atlanta, Ga. organization according to the New York World.
The others are Representative Dyer, republican, Missouri: Representative Fairchild, republican, New York and Representative Tague a democrat of Massachusettes.
All four are members of important Committees. Representative Reavis and Dyer are members of the judiciary committee, Representative Fairchild is a member of the Foreign Affairs committee and Representative Tague, of the ways and means committee.
They will ask that William Joseph Simmons, "Imperial wizard" of the "Invisible empire," and other officials of the Ku Klux Klan be called on the carpet and be made to tell of its operation.
Source:
Author: Anonymous
Title: "Reavis in Fight to Expose Klan"
Periodical: Lincoln Star
20 September 1921
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