These recruitment efforts were very successful, as such, Klan membership soared.

After its peak in 1925, Klan membership in most areas began to decline rapidly.

By 1920 Klan membership in Alabama dropped to less than 6,000.

As wartime anxiety gave way to postwar uncertainty, Klan membership flourished.

No later national nativist organization ever achieved even a tiny fraction of the Klan membership.

In the 1920s, Klan membership in these states grew dramatically.

The group said members feared harassment in their jobs or communities if their Klan membership becomes known.

He said the three groups account for the bulk of Klan membership, which his organization estimated at 6,500 in 1984.

In fact, Klan membership often increases after any publicity.

Klan membership in the state declined from a peak of 156,000 in 1925 to 1,400 in 1930.