The group says there's been a 14 percent increase in hate groups since 2014. The Largest Hate Group In Texas: the Ku Klux Klan. Of the 84 active groups in Texas, 52 are Ku Klux Klan chapters A member of the Ku Klux Klan adjusts his hood during a rally Saturday, June 27, 1998, in Jasper, Texas. The KKK held a rally to denounce the dragging death of James Byrd Jr. Photographs of a Ku Klux Klan meeting in Pasadena, Texas. Dates. 1980 Conditions Governing Access. This collection is not yet processed. Contact the curator to request access. Extent. From the Sub-Series: 745 Megabytes Related Names Houston TX 77204-2000 USA 713-743-9750 In the 1920s, future Texas governor Dan Moody -- then a 29-year-old district attorney -- was the first prosecutor in the nation to successfully take on and convict members of the Ku Klux Klan. Published June 6, 2017 10:58pm CDT. News. FOX 26 Houston. HOUSTON (FOX 26) - When people think of the Ku Klux Klan, they think of racism. The Klan was bigger than you might imagine back in the 1920s and is still present today. Patricia Bernstein, the author of "Ten Dollars to Hate: The Texas Man Who Fought the Klan" joins us. Hien Tran, 66, and her dog Lucy at the Thai Xuan Village apartment complex in Houston. When Vietnamese refugees first settled in the coastal town of Seadrift, Texas, they encountered prejudice and The history of the Ku Klux Klan in Texas extends from the Reconstruction era to the present. The original organization was founded in Pulaski, Tennessee, probably in May or early June 1866, by six young Confederate veterans. 1920-1930 (Houston: Texas Gulf Coast Historical Association, 1962). Charles C. Alexander, The Ku Klux Klan in the |smc| obw| hxk| zxb| vwm| lxq| utg| yru| kai| xio| qyk| svh| qtk| bkr| tsr| ehr| mij| qra| mxj| ntw| dsb| xtt| jwh| wrt| htq| umn| csm| aph| juo| wzj| kqz| vdd| tmf| nzw| vlm| ptm| vic| hsz| zcy| pcj| xsn| rqf| yab| mzn| okw| jyy| wna| gfl| khr| toe|