By ANDREA NEAL During the 1920s, the Ku Klux Klan took Indiana by storm. Ninety years later, Hoosiers still struggle to grasp why. The secretive brotherhood launched its Indiana recruitment efforts in Evansville in 1920. Within four years, Hoosier Klansmen numbered 250,000 and represented every corner of the state. “Members included ministers, mayors, shopkeepers and …read more.

ANAHEIM, CALIF. — Five Ku Klux Klan members who were arrested at a violent melee in an Anaheim park were released from jail after a video showed they were acting in self-defense, police said Sunday, Feb. 28.

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Indiana will be featured on an episode of “History Detectives” this evening at 8 p.m. for the role the Ku Klux Klan. The PBS show will feature Cornelius “Neil” Bynum, an associate professor of history at Purdue University who specializes in 20th century African American History. He will answer questions about …read more.