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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 letter was written by the Committee of the Lincoln Province of the Ku Klux Klan to
Chancellor Avery, , and in response to rumors of a University Ku Klux Klan. The Klan denied any involvement in establishing a unit on campus.
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Knights of the Ku Klux Klan
Lincoln,Nebr.September 19th,21. Order number 27.
It appearing that the law of the University of Nebraska prohibits students of that institution from becoming members of any organization whose membership is secret; and,
It appearing that the Ku Klux Klan that has no intention of becoming an organization whose membership is not seecret, and has no desire to include in its membership men who are in any way disabled from becoming members of societies whose membership is secret; and,
It further appearing that the Ku Klux Klan, is first, last, and all the time, a law respecting and law abiding organization.
It is therefor ordered that no student of the University of Nebraska be admitted to membership in the Ku Klux Klan and that no unit of the Klan be established within the student body of the University of Nebraska.
Done in the Klavern of the Klan, on this, the 19th day of Sept. 1921. Anno Klan LVI.
Committee of the Lincoln Province. Dr. Samuel Avery, Chancellor, Uni. of Nebr. The Lincoln Daily Star. The Nebraska State Journal. The Daily Nebraskan. Source:
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Archives and Special Collections, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries
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