Reeder & Darling Endowments in History present Linda Gordon on “When the Ku Klux Klan was a Mass Movement”

The Reeder & Darling Endowments in History present Linda Gordon on “When the Klu Klux Klan Was a Mass Movement,” 6 p.m., Friday, Nov. 1, at the Youngstown Historical Center of Industry and Labor.

The lecture will discuss the history of the rise and fall of the KKK. Gordon will discuss how in 1924, the Ku Klux Klan 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.

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. in Youngstown, Ohio.

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.”