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Fred Trump’s 1927 arrest tied to a Ku Klux Klan rally
The simple claim that “’s father was a Klansman” is not supported with definitive proof: contemporary newspapers list a “” among men arrested at a in , but historians and fact-checkers emphasize ambig...
Reporting documents a mix of direct, indirect, and disputed ties between members of the Trump family and white supremacist organizations or figures: Donald J. Trump has repeatedly been embraced by whi...
Contemporaneous New York newspaper clippings from June 1927 — most notably The New York Times and at least one Queens-area paper reproduced in archives — name a "Fred Trump" with a Devonshire Road Jam...
Contemporary 1927 newspaper accounts — most notably a New York Times item rediscovered in recent years — list a among several men arrested after a violent parade in , and surviving contemporary clips ...
Contemporaneous press accounts listed Fred Trump among several men arrested after a violent May 30, 1927, Memorial Day parade in Jamaica, Queens, but described his specific charge as a minor public-or...