Talk:Indiana Klan

An article of mine to peruse

When I wrote my Southerness of Indiana paper, I had a few paragraphs about the Klan in Indiana. You might want to check it out and see if there's anything you want to use.--Gen. Bedford ^{his Forest} 00:47, 9 October 2008 (UTC)

Excellent! I will check that out tommorrow and try to incorporate some of the info. Thanks! Charles Edward 01:48, 9 October 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for tidying up all my typos.. I wrote that in internet explorer, with no spell check. My firefox has been locking up all week.. not sure what is wrong with it. Charles Edward 02:12, 9 October 2008 (UTC)

No problem. I hope it isn't contagious. ;) --Gen. Bedford ^{his Forest} 02:14, 9 October 2008 (UTC)

Rename?

I suggest that we rename this page to match the other Ku Klux Klan-state article: History of the Ku Klux Klan in Indiana. Thoughts?--TM 22:57, 20 January 2011 (UTC)

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Modern location for the Klavern

I heard locals refer to it being on the outskirts of Mitchell Indiana since the 1990s. NateTheRacist (talk) 19:46, 4 March 2026 (UTC)

What proof do you happen to have to back up these claims? It may be plausible but Wikipedia moderators need proof to keep your edits up. ~2026-15897-81 (talk) 03:12, 13 March 2026 (UTC)

No lynchings?

The current article claims that the Indiana Klan "did not practice overt violence" and that "there were no lynchings." This wording is misleading and would benefit from clarification. There have been a number of documented lynchings in Indiana history, including perhaps the most widely known example, the 1930 Marion lynching of Thomas Shipp and Abram Smith. While the extent to which the Indiana Klan was directly involved in lynchings is disputed by historians--and many such acts were carried out by local mobs rather than by formally organized Klan units--the statement that "there were no lynchings" could be read as implying that lynchings did not occur in Indiana during the period that the Klan was active.

In addition, the Indiana Klan had an extremely large membership in the early twentieth century, encompassing a substantial share of white Protestant men in the state. Historians (including in the references already on the page) have also noted that its influence extended broadly within local communities. Given that scale, it may be difficult to interpret the statement as meaning that no Klan members were involved in lynchings at all, even if such violence was not organized by the Klan as an institution.

It might therefore be clearer for the article to distinguish between lack of documented Klan-organized lynchings and the broader historical record of mob violence in the state. Perhaps the wording could be revised to clarify that, while the Indiana Klan emphasized political influence and social pressure and is not generally associated with organizing lynchings as formal actions, lynchings did occur in Indiana during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. ~2026-15022-75 (talk) 16:59, 8 March 2026 (UTC)