In October 1922 Reverend Charles H. Gunsolus delivered the sermon “The Truth About the Ku Klux Klan” at Indianapolis’ Union Congregationalist Church. In a spirited defense of the hooded order against the Indianapolis Mayor, Police, and press, Gunsolus argued that “`The Ku Klux Klan is putting the church back on its feet. Christ was the … Continue reading “The First Klansman”: Xenophobia, Faith, and Redemption in the Indiana Klan| Invisible Indianapolis
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The subject matter has woven its way into our collective consciousness, but it has perhaps never been so beautifully described as in this poem by the current poet laureate (and the first woman to h…| Poetic Beauty