Speaker Will Discuss How Niles Fought Back Against KKK

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – Linda Gordon will speak on “When the Klu Klux Klan Was a Mass Movement” at 6 p.m. Friday at the Youngstown Historical Center of Industry and Labor.

The lecture, presented by the Youngstown State University Reeder & Darling Endowments in History, will discuss the history of the rise and fall of the Ku Klux Klan. Gordon will discuss how, in 1924, the KKK was gaining followers across the Midwest, but on Nov. 1, the people of Niles, Ohio, fought back, organizing thousands in a protest against the Klan.

Gordon is the Florence Kelley professor of history and university professor of the humanities at New York University and a two-time recipient of the Bancroft Prize in History. She is the author of several scholarly articles and multiple books, including “The Second Coming of the KKK: The Ku Klux Klan of the 1920s and the American Political Tradition.”

The event is free and open to the public, and refreshments will be provided. 

The Youngstown Historical Center of Industry and Labor is located at 151 W. Wood St.

Published by The Business Journal, Youngstown, Ohio.