Member token used by Nelda Rowan to ensure safe passage in South Carolina: Museum Object and Cultural History
Member token used by Nelda Rowan to ensure safe passage in South Carolina: Date: 1950s. Issued by: Ku Klux Klan, 2nd, American, 1915 - 1944. Owned by: Nelda S. Rowan, American, 1929 - 1997.
The object in the museum catalogue
A brass token stamped with [MEMBER / KKK / IN / GOOD STANDING] with a pendant hole at the top. The letters [KKK] have been punched out entirely while the rest of the text is engraved. The verso is blank.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 1950s
- Issued by: Ku Klux Klan, 2nd, American, 1915 - 1944
- Owned by: Nelda S. Rowan, American, 1929 - 1997
- Type: tokens
- Medium: brass (alloy)
- Dimensions: H x W x D (Diameter): 1 3/4 in. (4.5 cm)
- Place used: Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: American South
- Topic: Associations and institutions
- Topic: Fraternal organizations
- Topic: Rural life
- Topic: U.S. History, 1953-1961
- Topic: White supremacy movements
- Object number: 2013.184
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Susan Rowan McGee
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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