Imperial Office of the World Knights of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK), Sharpsburg, Maryland
Photograph
Imperial Office of the World Knights of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK), Sharpsburg, Maryland
From An American Index of the Hidden and Unfamiliar
2007
Inkjet print, printed later
2/7
Image: 25 1/2 × 33 in. (64.8 × 83.8 cm)
Frame: 37 3/8 × 44 7/8 in. (94.9 × 114 cm)
Gift of the Leeds Art Foundation, 2020
2020.0033.0001
Inscriptions [Labels applied to frame verso]
Text[The following text is integral to the work and must be shown during exhibition. Installation instructions and the label are available as PDFs in the media file in TMS and in the acquisition folder in the Registrar's Office]
Imperial Office of the World Knights of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK
Sharpsburg, Maryland
(L to R)
Youth Director, recruiter and Kleagle (age 18); Klansman (age 19); David De Hart, Imperial Knighthawk; and the Revered Gordon Young, Imperial Wizard preparing to visit the local mall to pass out flyers.
The World Knights of the Ku Klux Klan is a Maryland based, self-proclaimed, neo-Nazi organization committed to recruiting youths to further the KKK movement. They advocate 10 Steps to a Better America, which include: 1. Stop Immigration 2. End Free Trade 3. End White Discrimination 4. Stop Interracial Marriage 5. Stop Foreign Aid 6. Stop Homosexuality 7. Stronger Law & Order 8. Support Small Business 9. Defend Gun Rights 10. Live by the 14 Words: "We must secure the existence of our race and a future for our white children." Their motto is, "Be a man, join the Klan."
Imperial Office of the World Knights of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK
Sharpsburg, Maryland
(L to R)
Youth Director, recruiter and Kleagle (age 18); Klansman (age 19); David De Hart, Imperial Knighthawk; and the Revered Gordon Young, Imperial Wizard preparing to visit the local mall to pass out flyers.
The World Knights of the Ku Klux Klan is a Maryland based, self-proclaimed, neo-Nazi organization committed to recruiting youths to further the KKK movement. They advocate 10 Steps to a Better America, which include: 1. Stop Immigration 2. End Free Trade 3. End White Discrimination 4. Stop Interracial Marriage 5. Stop Foreign Aid 6. Stop Homosexuality 7. Stronger Law & Order 8. Support Small Business 9. Defend Gun Rights 10. Live by the 14 Words: "We must secure the existence of our race and a future for our white children." Their motto is, "Be a man, join the Klan."
