“Bring these curs to justice”, 1928

Eighteen months ago a mob under the guise of the K.K.K. attacked and drove my father from (his bed) his dwelling, about midnight.
. . . they battered down the door against which my mother and sister franticly pushed to stay them, they riddled another door with bullets.

“Bring these curs to justice” 1928

African Americans were not the only targets of the Ku Klux Klan. The Klan also terrorized Catholics, Jews, and immigrant groups. The author of this letter reports his family’s terrifying experience with a Klan mob.

National Archives, General Records of the Department of Justice