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D. C. Stephenson (um 1922) David Curtiss „Steve“ Stephenson (* 21.August 1891 in Houston, Texas; † 28. Juni 1966 in Jonesborough, Tennessee) war ein US-amerikanischer Politiker aus Indiana, der führendes Mitglied in der rechten Terrororganisation Ku Klux Klan gewesen war.
April 14, 1925. Location (s) Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S. David Curtis " Steve " Stephenson (August 21, 1891 – June 28, 1966) was an American Ku Klux Klan leader, convicted rapist and murderer. In 1923 he was appointed Grand Dragon of the Indiana Klan and head of Klan recruiting for seven other states. Later that year, he led those groups to ...
30. Aug. 2012 · August 30, 2012. David Curtis Stephenson, Grand Dragon of the Ku Klux Klan, 1922 From “The Dragon and the Cross.”. On March 16, 1925, in the muted morning light of a hotel room in Hammond ...
14. Nov. 2018 · Murdering Madge Oberholtzer: Rape, poison and the KKK. In 1925, David Curtis Stephenson was the most powerful man in Indiana. He owned politicians, up to and including the governor. He could send ...
Stephenson was paroled in 1950, but was sent back to prison in Michigan City after breaking parole. Only six years later, he was released [15]. In 1962, he was arrested again for attempting to force a teenage girl into his car. After leading a life of lies, violence, and corruption, he died in 1966 in Tennessee [16].
The D.C. Stephenson case was such an event. The defendant had been Grand Dragon — and the most influential Northern leader — of the notorious Ku Klux Klan, dedicated to hatred and racial and religious intolerance. The trial and conviction of Stephenson, calling America's attention to the sinister hypocrisy of the organization, marked the ...
D. C. Stephenson Trial (1925) by Douglas O. Linder (2010) In 1925, the Indiana KKK was the largest state branch in the Klan's "Invisible Empire." The conviction in November of that year of D. C. Stephenson, the powerful Grand Dragon of the Indiana Klan, for the murder of Madge Oberholtzer led to a dramatic decline in the organization's ...
