The Commercial Appeal

This Memphis newspaper won one of three newspapers that won a Pulizer prize in the 1920s. According to Mightier than the sword by Roger Streitmatter, The Commercial Appeal "critizied the klan by characterizing it as a profit-making scam."  The newspaper also spoke about how the klan disliked all African Americans, Catholics, and Jewish people. In the newspapers there were cartoons illustrating the klan and how cruel they were to people. In the book Mightier than the sword it shows us editorial cartoons by J.C Alley. One of the cartoons illustrates how the klan is 100% American and their hate towards Catholics. In the cartoon there is a disabled World War 1 veteran. Than klan even hated them because of their religion.