Document Type
Dataset
Publication Date
2024
Description
1 data file in CSV as the primary download. Also includes supplemental content of previous data versions from 2015, 2018, and 2023.
Abstract
Data to support the "Mapping the Second Ku Klux Klan, 1919-1940" project. The data provides a rough timeline of the rise of the second Ku Klux Klan between 1915 and 1940.
http://labs.library.vcu.edu/klan/
The article, "Publicity and Prejudice: The New York World’s Exposé of 1921 and the History of the Second Ku Klux Klan", provides additional context to the data:
http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/hist_pubs/12/
Data
Research compiled by Dr. John Kneebone. Database export and quality assurance from 2015 by Shariq Torres. 2023 updates include significant contributions regarding Alabama from Dr. Kenneth C. Barnes, Professor of History, University of Central Arkansas. 2024 updates include 95 new entries and 10 revised entries from Dr. John Kneebone.
The data includes the following fields:
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ID: unique identifier for each klavern (a local unit of the Ku Klux Klan) in the dataset
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State: U.S. State in which klavern was located
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City: City in which klavern was located
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Klan_number: Number of klavern (in each state these were sequentially assigned as each new klavern was established)
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Nickname: klavern nickname if noted in sources
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Notes: notes on klavern from researchers
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Latitude: latitude of the city (Geospatial coordinates are approximate town/city centers as found through Google Maps and/or Wikipedia)
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Longitude: longitude of the city (Geospatial coordinates are approximate town/city centers as found through Google Maps and/or Wikipedia)
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Year: Year founded by. Estimated by presence of klavern in sources and relation to other klavern founding dates assuming that each klavern was numbered sequentially.
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Sources: Sources documenting each klavern. Multiple sources delimited by a pipe “|”
Last data update: 2023-09-03.
File Format
CSV, SQL
Rights
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/
Is Part Of
VCU History Data
Date of Submission
12-14-2023
Klan data (2023 version)
2018_Klan_data.zip (158 kB)
Klan data (2018 version)
klan_data_2015.zip (215 kB)
Klan Data (2015 version)