The riveting tale of the clash of two powerful institutions Notre Dame and the Klu Klux Klan that changed both institutions and America forever.
In 1924, students of the University of Notre Dame and members of the Ku Klux Klan faced off in a violent confrontation in South Bend, Indiana. This shocking and true hidden chapter in Catholic and American history is recounted in Notre Dame vs. The Klan, the story of two uniquely American institutions that rose to power amdist rampant anti-Catholicism and collided druing a riotous weekend.
So reads the description at Amazon.
Keith John Sampson is a student and employee at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, hereafter referred to as IUPUI. In Novemeber 2007, he was informed in a letter from Lillian Charleston, of IUPUI's Affirmative Action Office, that he was the subject of a racial harassment complaint for having been observed, in a breakroom, reading Notre Dame v. The Klan. The AAO agreed with the plaintiffs, saying that Sampson was indeed engaged in racial harassment. Sampson, said Charleston, was a harasser, in part because he was "openly reading the book related to a historically and racially abhorrent subject."
The letter went into his file.
Sampson sought help from the ACLU and FIRE, both of whom pointed out to IUPUI that reading a book about history at a University is hardly racial harassment, and that IUPUI must remove any letters concerning the matter from Sampson's file. IUPUI's Charleston first asserted that since no disclipinary action had ocurred, the letter would stay in the file. She said she could not remove the letter, because she could not determine whether or not Sampson "intended to cause disruption to the work environment."
After six months, Sampson prevailed, with threats of lawsuits, to have the letter removed from his file. As far as I know, Charleston is still employed at IUPUI.