Civil Rights & Labor History Consortium | Photo and Document Gallery | Ku Klux Klan in Washington State | Photographs from the KKK in Washington State | Luther Ivan Powell, founder of the Washington State Klan.

“Major” Luther Ivan Powell founded the Washington State Ku Klux Klan in 1922. He also organized Klan chapters in California, Oregon, and later Idaho, Alaska, and Montana, and eventually joined a fascist pro-Hitler organization. Photo from "The Watcher on the Tower," August 27, 1923, p. 3. Digitized courtesy of Microfilms and Newspapers Collection, University of Washington Library. Copyright (c) reserved.

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