The Klan in the 1920s

In the 1920s, Oregon had more members of the Klan than any state but Indiana. Astoria held a Klan convention and 10,000 people showed up. So they hated immigrants, blacks, Catholics and Jews. They didn't like women leaving their husbands to go out at night or single women. How dare they go into the speakeasies?

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