Title:
White robes and burning crosses : a history of the Ku Klux Klan from 1866 / Michael Newton.
Author:
Newton, Michael, 1951-
Publication Information:
Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2014]
Call Number:
HS2330 .K63 N499 2014
Abstract:
"From the Klan's post-Civil War lynchings in support of Jim Crow laws, to its bloody stand against desegregation during the 1960s, to its continued violence in the militia movement at the turn of the 21st century, this revealing volume chronicles the complete history of the world's oldest surviving terrorist organization from 1866 to the present"-- Provided by publisher.
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ISBN:
9780786477746
Physical Description:
vii, 306 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Contents:
Introduction: "Good ole Rebels" -- "This is a white man's country" (1866/1873) -- Never sound retreat (1874/1914) -- Rebirth of an empire (1915/1921) -- Glory days (1922/1929) -- Depression and decline (1930/1944) -- Fire in the ashes (1945/1953) -- Beyond "Black Monday" (1954/1960) -- The second Reconstruction (1961/1969) -- "Growing and improving all the time" (1970/1982) -- At war with "ZOG" (1983/1995) -- "Yesterday, today, forever" (1996/2014).
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