Pennsylvania the Keystone State / KKK Meet-up State

Before the Internet linked extremists from far-flung locations KKK members met person to person. They avoided telephones because of wiretaps. Pennsylvania “The Keystone State” became a traditional meeting place of the KKK.  Pennsylvania’s location at the center of the Eastern Seaboard made it the location where extremists from areas as distant as Maine and Florida could meet in person.

Efforts by Klan groups to move off the internet and back to face to face meetings means that Pennsylvania might again be a major player in Klan activities.

SEE:

"Ku Klux Klan Groups

Although the number of Klan groups held steady at 163 chapters, or klaverns, last year saw what may be the beginning of a trend: Klan groups moving off the Internet in an apparent bid to regain the secrecy that marked their heyday. The United White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, based in Texas with 30 klaverns, was the first example of that, although others are moving in the same direction."

FROM:

Intelligence Report, Spring 2014, Issue Number:  153

The Year in Hate and Extremism