On a recent visit to the Indiana Historical Society, your Love One Another team visited the RESIST! exhibit. It featured the rise of the KKK in Indiana and resistance efforts all over the state.
Acts of resistance were most evident in May of 1924 in South Bend, home to many Jewish and Catholic residents and the University of Notre Dame. The Klan planned a big rally and their members started arriving by train, bus and cars. But the students wouldn’t have it. About 500 students stormed downtown, roughing up Klan members in alleys and ripping off their hoods and robes.
Although the Indianapolis RESIST! exhibit ended last week, South Bend’s exhibit continues through Oct. 13 in the Beutter-Kernan Hall in the Community Learning Center at the St. Joseph County Public Library.
Additionally, Love One Another’s book study event on September 25th features Timothy Egan’s book, “A Fever in the Heartland.” This account of the KKK’s rise and fall in Indiana has a detailed account of the Notre Dame’s student resistance.
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