Marks, Frances, fl. 1965 [Account of a Ku Klux Klan meeting in North Carolina, November 1965]

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GLC#
GLC09703
Type
Letters
Date
November 1965
Author/Creator
Marks, Frances, fl. 1965
Title
[Account of a Ku Klux Klan meeting in North Carolina, November 1965]
Place Written
North Carolina
Pagination
2 p. : Height: 26.6 cm, Width: 18.3 cm
Primary time period
1945 to the Present
Sub-Era
The Sixties

One unaddressed and undated letter by Frances Marks related to attending a Ku Klux Klan meeting in North Carolina in November 1965. Letter mentions arriving to a meeting that was held for "white Methodists"only. One African-American was brought to a gathering and beaten because he corrected a grammatical error. Describes their garbs as ridiculous. Gives an estimate of 120 people who attended the meeting and marched in a circle with lit torches. Other elements of letters are involved with studies at Duke University.

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