Flier for the Ku Klux Klan: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A flier produced and distributed by the Ku Klux Klan on doorsteps in Washington, Virginia. It is a white sheet of paper with black text that reads on the recto [THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO YOU BY / LOYAL WHITE KNIGHT OF THE KU KLUX KLAN / KKKKNIGHTS.COM KKK HOTLINE 336-432-0386 / Reminding you of the REASON for the SEASON / The Birth of our Savior and King JESUS CHRIST! / PSALMS 72:11 MAY ALL KINGS FALL DOWN BEFORE HIM. ALL NATIONS SERVE HIM! / OUR QUESTION TO YOU:]. On either side of this block of text is a blood-drop cross, a square white cross with a drop of blood in the center, set against a circular black background. The verso of the flier has two images on the upper half. On the left is a black and white image of the White House with a large menorah out in front. On the right is a black and white depiction of a religious scene of Mary and Joseph standing over the Christ child. Below the images is black text that reads [EVIDENTLY, THE WHOLE “SEPERATION OF CHURCH AND STATE” THING MUST / EXCLUDE JEWS AND THEIR SYNAGOGUES OF SATAN / (REVELATION 2:9) (JOHN 8:44) / MENORAH IN FRONT OF WHITE HOUSE / WE SEE WHOS IN CONTROL AND WHY AMERICA HAS BECOME / SO ANTICHRIST! / JOHN 10:31-32 / THE UNBELIEF OF THE JEWS]. The flyer is folded in a clear zip-lock plastic bag partially filled with birdseed.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 2017
• Produced by: Ku Klux Klan, 3rd, American, founded 1946
• Type: fliers (printed matter)
• Medium: ink on paper with plastic and seed
• Dimensions: H x W: 6 3/4 × 6 1/2 in. (17.1 × 16.5 cm)
• Place used: Washington, Rappahannock County, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: American South
• Topic: Christianity
• Topic: Communities
• Topic: Religion
• Topic: U.S. History, 2001-
• Topic: White supremacy movements
• Object number: 2020.29.2
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of T. Allan Comp
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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