Proceedings of the Second Imperial Klonvokation Held in Kansas City, Missouri Sept. 23, 24, 25 and 26, 1924

NP: Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, Inc, 1924. Softcover. Very Good in lightly soiled wraps and with covers slightly pulled away from staples. Very scarce report of the second Klonvokation, which was held every two years. It was reported that there were 2,000 men and 3,000 concomitants present at the Kansas City meeting, which was held at the Kansas City Convention Center. Its meetings were held behind closed doors and a card and a password were necessary to gain admittance. Only Klansmen with courtesy cards were allowed to view the proceedings. What was published about the proceedings came through the Klan publicity office. The meeting was opened by the Grand Dragon of Nebraska. The Imperial Wizard, Dr. Hiram Wesley Evans of Atlanta delivered a message to the Klonvocation on the state of the Empire: "This Klonvocation, held here in the great Middle West, is assembled on the battlefield of the immediate future...some of the Eastern states are today lost to true Americanism and must be rewon; but the great American population of the Middle West, of the South and of the Southwest are left to do valiant battle...you are leaders in the only movement in the world, at present, which exists solely to establish a civilization that will insure these things...history has proved, and is proving daily that only Nordic and Anglo-Saxon peoples have reached a high level of intelligence." Rare record of a very early KKK gathering. OCLC list 20 copies held exclusively at major U.S. research university libraries.