On Feb. 16, 1923, in response to the rising presence of the KKK nationally, the Asbury Park Press ran an article giving the results of a recent survey.
“Membership in the Ku Klux Klan in New Jersey is quite widespread, but comparatively inactive, according to a canvass by a news agency, made public yesterday.”
While the report was reassuring, it might have been outdated. The same day the nearby Lakewood Citizen announced, “The mysterious Ku Klux Klan of which we have heard so much about of late…
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