The rise of the Ku Klux Klan : right-wing movements and national politics / Rory McVeigh.
In 1915, forty years after the original Ku Klux Klan disbanded, a former farmer, circuit preacher, and university lecturer named Colonel William Joseph Simmons revived the secret society. By the early 1920s the KKK had been transformed into a national movement with millions of dues-paying members an...
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| Language: | English |
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University of Minnesota Press,
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| Series: | Social movements, protest, and contention ;
v. 32. |
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| Summary: | In 1915, forty years after the original Ku Klux Klan disbanded, a former farmer, circuit preacher, and university lecturer named Colonel William Joseph Simmons revived the secret society. By the early 1920s the KKK had been transformed into a national movement with millions of dues-paying members and chapters in all of the nation's forty-eight states. And unlike the Reconstruction-era society, the 1920s-era Klan exerted its influence far beyond the South. In The Rise of the Ku Klux Klan, Rory McVeigh provides a revealing analysis of the broad social agenda of 1920s-era KKK, showing that althoug. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (244 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780816667765 0816667764 |