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| | KU KLUX KLAN, ODON, INDIANA, UNIT 90 RECORDS, 1923-1924 |
 | | The Ku Klux Klan was formed in Georgia in 1915 and became a prominent national organization in the 1920s as an advocate for native-born, white, Protestant Americans. At its height in 1924, the Indiana Klan had more than 300,000 members, although it quickly declined after scandals in the mid-1920s. |
 | | Klan Unit 90 of Odon, Indiana, in Daviess County, was part of the Realm of Indiana. |
 | | The collection consists of a bound journal listing members and dues and initiation fees received for 1924, and a folder of loose documents and publications removed from the journal including newspaper clippings, correspondence, forms, and membership lists. |
| indianahistory.org /library/manuscripts/collection_guides/sc2590.html (295 words) |
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