An example of a Klansman robe from the 1920s-1930s

ID: 5895 ~ Source: Photo courtesy of the Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Danny Drain, Walterboro, SC

This file appears in: The “Invisible Empire” on Riverside Ave: The KKK of the 1920s and 1930s in Spokane

This file appears in: The “Invisible Empire” on Riverside Ave: The KKK of the 1920s and 1930s in Spokane

The “Invisible Empire” on Riverside Ave: The KKK of the 1920s and 1930s in Spokane

By G. K. Freed

During the 1920s and 1930s, Spokane's Riverside Avenue was more than a bustling hub of downtown commerce—it was also a shadowy stronghold for the Ku Klux Klan. Behind unassuming office doors, the…