Evangeline vs. KKK, Part 3

Wednesday, 6 May 2009, 6:00 | Category : Hypocrisy, Politics, Wink
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If you haven’t already please read the Prelude, Part 1, and Part 2. The Sage Hen Evangeline S. McAllister July 2, 1936 (Part 3 of 3) (from The Minatare Free Press) If the “one hundred percenters” would only get the old United States history down and look in the back of the book they would [...]

Evangeline vs. KKK, Part 2

Tuesday, 5 May 2009, 6:00 | Category : Authors, Hypocrisy, Politics, Wink
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If you haven’t already, please read the Prelude and Part 1. The Sage Hen Evangeline S. McAllister July 2, 1936 (Part 2 of 3) (from The Minatare Free Press) Such organizations as the Klan and the Black Legion appeal chiefly to lonesome young men who are starved for a proper social life, and ready to [...]

Evangeline vs. KKK, Part 1

Monday, 4 May 2009, 6:00 | Category : Authors, Politics, Wink
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If you haven’t already please read the preceding post. The Sage Hen Evangeline S. McAllister July 2, 1936 (Part 1 of 3) (from The Minatare Free Press) The fourth of July came to our street a little early this year in the shape of a nice big fiery cross, which was burned … at least [...]

1936: Evangeline S. McAllister vs. the KKK

Friday, 1 May 2009, 6:00 | Category : Authors, Politics, Wink
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By Wink On a Monday night in late June 1936 the KKK burned a cross on the lawn of a family in the tiny town of Minatare, Nebraska. Was it a black family? Nope, there were no blacks in Minatare at that time. There were still plenty of people for the Klan to hate though: [...]