Ku Klux Klan Comes Out Of Mothballs

The resurrected Ku Klux Klan launched a wave of terror and intimidation on Jan. 30, 1921, with the whipping, tarring, and feathering of a Houston lawyer for the “crime” of defending blacks and petty criminals.

Coming out of mothballs in October 1920, the Klan spread like wildfire across the Lone Star State. More than 200,000 Texans