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

In the 1920s and 1930s, the Hyde Building on W. Riverside Avenue served as the headquarters for Spokane Ku Klux Klan. This building, located in the heart of downtown, also housed offices for the U.S. District Court in Spokane. The Klan used official…