Ku Klux Klan recruitment

Ku Klux Klan recruitment of members is the responsibility of 'Kleagles', as defined by "Ku Klux Klan: An Encyclopedia". They are organizers or recruiters, "appointed by an imperial wizard or his imperial representative to 'sex' the KKK among non-members".[1] These members received a portion of each new member's invitation fee.[1] Recruitment of new KKK members entailed framing economic, political, and social structural changes in favour of and in line with KKK goals. These goals promoted "100 per cent Americanism" and benefits for white native-born Protestants.[2] Informal ways Klansmen recruited members included "with eligible co-workers and personal friends and try to enlist them".[3] Protestant teachers were also targeted for Klan membership.[3]

  1. ^ a b Newton, Michael and Judy Anne (1991). The Ku Klux Klan: An Encyclopedia, Garland Publishing, Inc., New York and London.
  2. ^ McVeigh, R The Rise of the Ku Klux Klan: Right-Wing Movements and National Politics, University of Minnesota Press, Vol 32, 2009
  3. ^ a b Goldberg, R. The Ku Klux Klan in Madison, 1922-1927, The Wisconsin Magazine of History, Vol. 58, No. 1 (Autumn, 1974), pp. 31-44, JSTOR, Wisconsin Historical Society, https://www.jstor.org/stable/5634926