Recruiting card for the Ku Klux Klan

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A wove paper recruiting card created by the Ku Klux Klan. The card shows black ink printed on a white background, landscape orientation and the top of reads: [Form P-217A 400M 4-20-23]. Largely titled in uppercase bold is: [“NON SILBA SED ANTHAR”] top center. Below the title is a statement calling on [Native Born] male American citizens to join a secret organization. The upper middle of the card lists [The Tenets of the Christian Religion.] beginning with [White supremacy.]. Towards the bottom of the card are blank spaces atop wide dotted lines, for the name, occupation, and address of the solicited. The back of the card is blank.

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