William Allen White and the Ku Klux Klan
C-SPAN’s Local Content Vehicles (LCVs) made a stop in their “2015 LCV Cities Tour” in Topeka, Kansas, from April 5-9 to feature the history and literary life of the community. Working with the Cox Communications local affiliate, they visited literary and historic sites where local historians, authors, and civic leaders were interviewed. The history segments air on American History TV (AHTV) on C-SPAN3 and the literary events/non-fiction author segments air on BookTV on C-SPAN2.
Lin Fredericksen talked about William Allen White and his efforts to push the Ku Klux Klan out of Kansas in the early 20th century. Ms. Fredericksen also… read more
Lin Fredericksen talked about William Allen White and his efforts to push the Ku Klux Klan out of Kansas in the early 20th century. Ms. Fredericksen also showed items related to the case that brought and end to the group in the state.
C-SPAN’s Local Content Vehicles (LCVs) made a stop in their “2015 LCV Cities Tour” in Topeka, Kansas, from April 5-9 to feature the history and literary life of the community. Working with the Cox Communications local affiliate, they visited literary and historic sites where local historians, authors, and civic leaders were interviewed. The history segments air on American History TV (AHTV) on C-SPAN3 and the literary events/non-fiction author segments air on BookTV on C-SPAN2. close
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