We were watching a show on the History Channel about the building of Mount Rushmore. Did you know the artist, Sculptor Gutzon Borglum, was a member of the KKK then? They showed a march on Washington from 1925. Scared the bejusus out of us. Here's a photo...
Yeah... Any day now, they'll figure out the Confederate flags and "Mexicans Go Home" signs are turning off a large segment of the population whose votes they're going to need....
Marketing itself as a group of vigilante patriots crusading for old-fashioned values, the Klan found Colorado fertile ground.
The days after World War I had seen a steep rise in bootlegging and moonshining across the state. Denver was rife with vice and labor unrest.
"They (Klan leaders) were very smart, and they knew how to come off as a very appealing social group," said Richard Delgado, a University of Colorado law professor who co-authored a study on racism in Colorado. "Denver was a somewhat rough-hewn city at the time, replete with saloons, brothels and boarding houses."
