May 1927 News Today

So in may of 1927 a thousand klansmen and some assorted fascists marched in queens in new york city and ultimately rioted and fought with police. nobody was killed. there was a lot of news coverage of it at the time, which survives both from the "the new york times," from the brooklyn daily eagle, a few other papers. the police commissioner at the time made a point of telling the public that this was kind of a landmark moment for the klan in new york city. its not that he didnt know that the kla...

Police. so in may of 1927 a thousand klansmen and some assorted fascists marched in queens in new york city and ultimately rioted and fought with police. nobody was killed. there was a lot of news coverage of it at the time, which survives both from the "the new york times," from the brooklyn daily eagle, a few other papers. the police commissioner at the time made a point of telling the public that this was kind of a landmark moment for the klan in new york city. its not that he didnt know that...

Survives both from the "the new york times," from the brooklyn daily eagle, a few other papers. the police commissioner at the time made a point of telling the public that this was kind of a landmark moment for the klan in new york city. its not that he didnt know that the klan was active in new york city, its just that new york city had never before seen a thousand klansmen turn out in the streets in robes and masks like they did in may 1927. according to news reports at the time, there were se...