Senator Tom Connally and the Anti-Mask Bill

ID: 2487 ~ Source: Poage, William Robert, interviewed by Thomas Charlton and Phillip Thompson, March 15, 1979, in Waco, Texas, Baylor Institute for Oral History. View Full Interview (Interview 3)
This file appears in: The Ku Klux Klan in Waco

William Robert "Bob" Poage recounts Senator Tom Connally's feelings on the KKK in the 1920s and his own participation in passing the anti-mask bill.

This file appears in: The Ku Klux Klan in Waco

By Anabel Burke
The Ku Klux Klan (KKK) stands as one of the most infamous secret societies in American history. The white robes and pointed masks symbolize prejudice, terror, and fear to Americans nationwide. Waco itself, and the greater McLennan County area,…