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FormatJournal Article
Author, AnalyticKamphoefner, Walter D.
Title, AnalyticThe Handwriting on the Wall: The Klan, Language Issues, and Prohibition in the German Settlements of Eastern Texas
Journal TitleThe Journal (German-Texan Heritage Society)
Date of PublicationWinter 2008
Volume ID30
Issue ID4
Location in Work319-326
ISSN0730-3106
AbstractDescribes how in the 1920s the Ku Klux Klan targeted German Americans of Washington County, Texas, and adjacent areas for their German ethnicity, for their use of the German language, and for their political activism.
NotesIncludes bibliographical references. Reprinted from the Southwestern Historical Quarterly, vol. 112, no. 1, July 2008
Call NumberMKI Periodicals
MKI TermsGerman Americans -- Texas/ Anti-German sentiment/ 20th century/ Language, German (US)/ Ethnic groups -- German-speaking/ Language maintenance