Early in its years, Notre Dame helped rid America of the scourge of
slavery. Many artists have rendered Notre Dame professor, Father
William Corby, giving the Irish Brigade general absolution during the
Battle of Gettysburg. The school then faced down the Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s. At a time
when a large number of White men in Indiana were members of the Klan,
Notre Dame students made it clear that the Klan's brand of nativist,
anti-immigrant, anti-Catholic hate was not welcomed in South Bend. Four decades later, Notre Dame's president, Father Ted Hesburgh,
received a call about a rally at Soldier Field being organized by Dr. Martin Luther King.
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