KKK Telegram from Powell to the Governor, January 25, 1923 | Documents from the Washington State KKK in the 1920s | Ku Klux Klan in Washington State | Photo and Document Gallery

Civil Rights & Labor History Consortium | Photo and Document Gallery | Ku Klux Klan in Washington State | Documents from the Washington State KKK in the 1920s | KKK Telegram from Powell to the Governor, January 25, 1923

Telegram from Klan founder Luther I. Powell to Washington State Governor Louis Hart opposing an anti-KKK bill to prohibit the public wearing of masks. The bill passed. 1/25/23 (Documents courtesy of the Louis Hart Papers. Washington State Archives. Box 2J-1-34, Folder "Ku Klux Klan.")