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Pensacola's Klan: a social history of the 1922 Ku Klux Klan chapter in Escambia County
University of West Florida Libraries
Student Scholar Symposium & Faculty Research Showcase (University of West Florida, Pensacola, Florida, 2021)
2021
Abstract
The 1920s are considered a turbulent time in American history with changing culture and values across the nation. The younger generation returned from World War One's horrors with the new attitude of celebrating today, for we may die tomorrow. This recent change of attitude and tradition did not fall to men alone. The change impacted women in America after voting became legalized and women's social status began to change. The changing values held captive the younger generation with a new sense of freedom; this new attitude, along with newfound empowerment for a woman, brought about a change in the social and economic status of the middle-class white men in America. This disenfranchisement led millions of middle-class men across the nation to join up in a protest against these changes. In response to the changing values, the Ku Klux Klan reformed in the early 1920s. The 1920s KKK though still anti-African America, held different ideals than the Klan in the late 1800s that formed after the civil war in response to the newly freed slaves. The Klan's anti-African American stance now focused on Catholics, Jews, and immigrants for ruining the country. The rebirth of the second Klan consisted of protestant values that clashed with changing values and morals of the 1920s, with the Klan focused on bringing protestant values back to America in the 1920s.
Details
- Title
- Pensacola's Klan
- Resource Type
- Poster
- Event
- Student Scholar Symposium & Faculty Research Showcase (University of West Florida, Pensacola, Florida, 2021)
- Contributors
- Dr. Jamin Wells (Faculty Mentor)
- Publisher
- University of West Florida Libraries; Argo Scholar Commons
- Format
- pdf
- Copyright
- Permission granted to the University of West Florida Libraries to digitize and/or display this item for non-profit research and educational purposes. Any reuse of this item in excess of fair use or other copyright exemptions requires the permission of the copyright holder.
- Identifiers
- 99380090611906600
- Academic Unit
- History and Philosophy; College of Arts, Social Sciences, and Humanities; Office of Undergraduate Research; 2021 Student Scholars Symposium and Faculty Research Showcase
- Language
- English