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Knights of the Ku Klux Klan Newspaper Advertisement
This advertisement for the new Ku Klux Klan was purchased by Simmons and run alongside an ad for the Atlanta premier of D. W. Griffith's Birth of a Nation. The new fraternal Klan initiated its charter class just in time to march down the street, in…
Knights of the Ku Klux Klan Newspaper Advertisement
This advertisement for the new Ku Klux Klan was purchased by Simmons and run alongside an ad for the Atlanta premier of D. W. Griffith's Birth of a Nation. The new fraternal Klan initiated its charter class just in time to march down the street, in…
The Worlds Work Vol. 46, no. 1
"Salesmen of Hate: The Ku Klux Klan", the first of several articles on the Ku Klux Klan by Robert L. Duffas, appears in this publication on pp. 31-18. Therein the founding and establishment of a relationship with Ed Clarke and Mrs. Tyler (Southern…
News from Pilot Point
The following persons from Pilot Point went to Denton to watch "Birth of a Nation": Mrs. H. M. Russell, Mrs. E. C. Bauer, Mrs. F. A. Wright, Mrs. Jessie Johnson, Alma Shaw, Grace Salmon, Addie Alexander, Iva Jones, Barbara Bauer, Jewel Bradford, Mr.…
Editorial
Discussion of the sensationalism in "Birth of a Nation" and defense by the Denton Record-Chronicle whose editorial staff compared the film to "the loveliness of a rose-gold dawn, the awe-inspiring spectacle of a stormy sky, the majesty of snow-capped…
Some refined comedy lightens tragedy in Birth of a Nation
In anticipation of the screening of "Birth of a Nation" the following day, Denton Record-Chronicle gushes about the film. Of particular note is the paragraph on Lillian Gish's costumes as family heirlooms.
Some difficulties filming Birth of Nation picture
Excitement and anticipation are exhibited in the number of articles about "Birth of a Nation" the week prior to its screening at C. I. A.
Late Personal News
Society notes indicate Mrs. Jim Simmons, Mrs. Jesse Davidson, Mrs. William Davidson, Mr. & Mrs. A. W. Palmer, Miss Mildred Palmer, Mr. & Mrs. Cavier Lipscomb, Miss Minnie Pascall, Mrs. L. H. Schweer, Mrs. W. G. Edwards, and Miss Irene Davidson went…