Minnesota’s Hooded History: The Ku Klux Klan in the 1920’s Minnesota (In Person)

March 11, 6:30-8:00pm

$15 | In person

Location: Assisi Heights (1001 14th Street NW, Rochester, MN 55901) Click here for map.

This presentation explores the roots and role of the Ku Klux Klan within the state’s past, as well as what may have attracted followers in the post-war era, and post-pandemic depression of the decade. This event is open to all who are interested in the history of organized prejudice, nationalism and nativism within this regional geographic area.

Nancy Vaillancort is a southern Minnesota Historian who has written several books on local history. She has worked at the Owatonna Public Library for 30 years, and is now the manager of the Blooming Prairie Branch Library.

Welcome to this in person program at Assisi Heights! Please refrain from attending if experiencing any symptoms of COVID-19 or other illness or have been exposed to any persons infected with COVID-19. Please park in the lot in front of Assisi Heights and enter through the main entrance.