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The Black Legion and the Wolverine Republican League
Black Legion – Part II, The Wolverine Republican League By David Siwik – Præteritum Michigan Editor The previous post covered the rise of the Black Legion, a Ku Klux Klan-type, right-wing, white-supremacist group that rose to prominence in Michigan in the 1930s. The Legion were feared by many who had the unfortunate occasion of crossing their…
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The Black Legion in Michigan
by David Siwik, Præteritum Editor Taking the long view of American history, the decade of the 1930s looks different than those that preceded or followed. In a nation historically stubbornly resistant to change, in the 1930s, Americans experimented with new ideas and new possibilities of doing things in ways they had not done before. Some of…
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The Boardman, a Post-Industrial River?
by David Siwik, Præteritum Editor Mention Michigan industry and many people will think immediately of the southern part of the state, and for good reason. Southern Michigan cities from Muskegon to Grand Rapids, from Benton Harbor to Detroit, while varying greatly in size, share in common an industrial heritage. Yet the northern part of the state too…
