123 School Work

Racism in the Clark Historical Library

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  Racism, unfortunately, is a part of our past. Decades ago, there was a group of people bent on the destruction and defamation of another group of people. This hate incited murder, riots and arson, striking fear in the hearts of minorities all over the United States. Today, although not completely resolved, hate and bigotry has almost disappeared. In 1992, an auction at a small farm near Fremont, MI re-opened old wounds from a sorted American past.
  It's hard to judge a book by its cover. Nobody in Fremont expected to find a variable vault of Klu Klux Klan paraphernalia in an elderly fruit market owner's barn, but they did. Ledford Anderson was the secretary of the Newaygo County Klan in the 1920's. He had kept all membership records among other things from that era. That era is exactly what the Clarke Historical Library is interested in...