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The Skeleton in our Closet: the KKK in Michigan

MARQUETTE, MI--  As part of its Diversity Readers program, NMU is holding an Evening at the Archives Thursday evening at 7 at Mead Auditorium. Dr. Frank Boles, Director of the Clarke Historical Library at 

Central Michigan University, will discuss KKK items found in a farmhouse near Muskegon and their importance in today's political atmosphere.  

Public Radio 90 News Director Nicole Walton sat down to talk to Dr. Boles and NMU Archivist Marcus Robyns about the KKK in Michigan.

Nicole was born near Detroit but has lived in the U.P. most of her life. She graduated from Marquette Senior High School and attended Michigan State and Northern Michigan Universities, graduating from NMU in 1993 with a degree in English.