Annex Six

These items are not for sale. They are museum exhibits only.

(1) I know it's at.a bad angle, but this photo is of a Klan painting, circa 1920's. The original image was used as art work for posters promoting the 1915 silent film classic, The Birth Of a Nation. Since then artists have made paintings of it, it appears on other types of posters used by the KKK over the decades, it appears on Klan banners, and has even been used on modern day Klan Christmas cards. See photo (2) below.

(2) (3) The date for this painting is unknown. The artist is a little confused. The robes are similar to the robes worn by the original KKK (1865 - 69). But, they have a woman of ill repute on trial for loose morals. The original KKK did not engage in such activity. It was concerned with getting rid of Carpetbaggers, Scalawags, renegade Negroes, restoring law and order, and restoring the Rights taken away from all Southern Whites by the Radical Republicans of the North. It was the revival KKK (1915 - 44) that engaged in enforcing moral codes. In a case like the one depicted, the revival Klan would lecture the fallen woman on proper moral behavior, most likely order her out of town or give her a whipping. In the case of a whipping she would also be given a jar of ointment to rub on her back to help it heal. The revival Klan closed down houses of prostitution all across the country this way.

(4) This is a modern Klan painting. The artist must have been the van Gough of the Klan. If you've ever seen some of van Gough's paintings you know what I mean. Here we see a black robed Klansman and a black fiery cross (of all things). Either the artist was on LSD or he has a real dislike for K-Mart.

Updated December 17, 2007