September 11, 1999:  Klan Rally in Corydon

Tyson Foods purchased a company called Hudson Foods and immediately reduced employee pay and benefits.  The employees went on strike and were replaced with Mexican workers from Kentucky.  Some striking Caucasian workers lost their jobs, which were given to the Mexican workers.  Members of the American Knights of the Ku Klux Klan rallied to speak out about what they perceived as a great injustice.

Cited by:  Alexander, C., Bouwman, M., Curtis, E., Gustafson, D., Kelly, A., Richards, B., Shubitz, M. When the Klan Comes to Town:  The Ku Klux Klan Rally in Corydon, Indiana:  A Case Study. (September 11, 1999).