In the early 1920s, university student life was dominated by a group of young men who proudly espoused patriotism, Protestantism, and white racial superiority — the interfraternity Ku Klux Klan honorary society.
Excerpted from “Madison: An Illustrated Sesquicentennial History, Vol. 1, 1856-1931,” written by Stuart D. Levitan (University of Wisconsin Press, 2006).