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Maggie's avatar

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/

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Dan-o's avatar

Good job Notre Dame!

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Colleen Kochivar-Baker's avatar

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.

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