Token for membership in the Ku Klux Klan: Museum Object and Cultural History
Token for membership in the Ku Klux Klan: Date: 1950s. Issued by: Ku Klux Klan, 3rd, American, founded 1946. Type: tokens.
The object in the museum catalogue
A round, brass token stamped with [MEMBER / KKK / IN / GOOD STANDING]. The letters "KKK" are punched out entirely and appear prominently at center, with "MEMBER" above and "IN GOOD STANDING" below in engraved text. The back of the token is blank.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 1950s
- Issued by: Ku Klux Klan, 3rd, American, founded 1946
- Type: tokens
- Medium: brass
- Dimensions: Diameter: 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm)
- Place used: United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: American South
- Topic: Associations and institutions
- Topic: Fraternal organizations
- Topic: Race discrimination
- Topic: Segregation
- Topic: U.S. History, 1945-1953
- Topic: U.S. History, 1953-1961
- Object number: 2017.64
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Anonymous Gift
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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