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• Kill Ku-Klux Plan Among UNI Students

  This article, on page eight of the reported that the University Klan being formed on campus was stopped before it began. The article cited Chancellor Avery's statement saying that students would be subject to expulsion if they joined.
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  CHANCELLOR AVERY'S STATEMENT

  This statement, released on the front page of the by Chancellor Avery, was written for all University students and faculty, expressing the Chancellor's unfavorable stance of a University Ku Klux Klan. Chancellor Avery was very influential in not allowing a chapter of the Klan be established on campus.
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  Knights of the Ku Klux Klan

  This letter was written by the Committee of the Lincoln Province of the Ku Klux Klan to Chancellor Avery, , and in response to rumors of a University Ku Klux Klan. The Klan denied any involvement in establishing a unit on campus.
• Ku Klux Klan Report Goes to the President

  This article reported that the Ku Klux Klan had the attention of President Harding, showing that the Klan's resurgence was very real as the President of the United States was given the report on Klan activities.
• Congress Starts to 'Unmask' Ku-Klux

  This article from the reported that Congress was beginning to investigate illegal activities of the Ku Klux Klan. Representative Tague of Massachusetts introduced the resolution calling on a special committee to investigate the Klan. Tague cited that the Klan was involved in over "100 acts of abduction, unlawful seizure, trial and punishment of free citizens."
• Probe Affairs of the Ku Klux

  This article, published 25 September 1921 in the , reported that Attorney General Daugherty said that practically every branch of the Ku Klux Klan was under surveillance. This shows that the federal government was thinking seriously about the implications of the resurgence of the Klan that was taking place in the early 1920s. The investigation was looking into Klan conspiracy to overthrow the government, Klan participation in fraud, and Klan organizations using United States mail for illegal purposes.
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  CHANCELLOR AVERY'S STATEMENT

  Newspaper article
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  UNI KU KLUX KLAN RUNS INTO A SNAG

  Newspaper article
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  Teaching University Students

  Newspaper article
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  RUMOR KLAN UNIT TO BE FORMED HERE

  Newspaper article
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  Charges Unfounded

  This letter to the editor from Clifford Rein, a Lincoln citizen who defends the Klan and criticizes the continued negative press that it recieves. The outrage over negative press indicates that the news media in Nebraska did not hold the Klan with favor, which was influential in shaping public opinion in the state about the Ku Klux Klan.
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  Reavis in Fight to Expose Klan

  This article refers to Nebraska Rep. C.F. Reavis, who is one of four members demanding congressional investigation of the Ku Klux Klan. A leading politician from the state leading the fight to expose the Klan of its illegal activities is another example of how the Klan was unable to gain support from Nebraska politicians.
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  No K.K.K. Stuff for Gov. McKelvie

  This article refers to Nebraska Governor McKelvie who told a New York paper that he did not regard the Klan with favor. This is another example of how the Ku Klux Klan was unable to gain political support from Nebraska leadership.
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  The Grand Goblin

  Black and white illustration