(CIVIL RIGHTS) KU KLUX KLAN The Unmasked Horseman Yesterday

Sale 2342 - Lot 243

Price Realized: $ 832

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Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500

(CIVIL RIGHTS.) KU KLUX KLAN. The Unmasked Horseman. Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow and Forever. Offset chromolithograph, 16 x 20 inches, matted and framed; some very slight wrinkling and a few almost imperceptible closed tears at the margins. [Indiana]: The Photo Art Company, 1928

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A very scarce poster, the Klan equivalent of the typical African American "uplift" poster. The rider on a white horse depicted in this piece is a member of the upper echelons of the Klan. After the formation of the so-called "New Klan" in 1915, four degrees were established for members to pass through in order to rise to the top of the organization. This horseman is a member of the Third Order of the Knights of the Great Forest, the Order of American Chivalry. He is pictured here with his mask off. Theoretically, when a Klansman removed his mask from his hood, he vowed never to wear it again, swearing to cooperate with all police investigations.