Notre Dame's "The Fighting Irish" are so named because of a multi-day brawl in South Bend with the Klan.
Potatoes were weaponized. Windows were smashed. Klan hoods were yanked off of heads. Charlottesville-level chaos.
https://reimaginingmigration.org/secondary-source-notre-dame-versus-the-ku-klux-klan/
Good job Notre Dame!
That was brought up in the book and it was led by a couple of the 'Four Horseman' of ND football fame. It was about the only time anyone really stood up to Klan intimidation.
Notre Dame's "The Fighting Irish" are so named because of a multi-day brawl in South Bend with the Klan.
Potatoes were weaponized. Windows were smashed. Klan hoods were yanked off of heads. Charlottesville-level chaos.
https://reimaginingmigration.org/secondary-source-notre-dame-versus-the-ku-klux-klan/
Good job Notre Dame!
That was brought up in the book and it was led by a couple of the 'Four Horseman' of ND football fame. It was about the only time anyone really stood up to Klan intimidation.