˜Theœ second coming of the invisible empire : the Ku Klux Klan of the 1920s

˜Theœ second coming of the invisible empire the Ku Klux Klan of the 1920s

Fifty years after the end of the Civil War, William Joseph Simmons, a failed Methodist minister, formed a fraternal order that he called The Knights of the Ku Klux Klan. Organized primarily as a money-making scheme, it shared little but its name with the Ku Klux Klan of the Reconstruction Era. This...

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1. Verfasser: Rawlings, William (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Macon, Georgia Mercer University Press 2016
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Simmons, W. J. / (William Joseph) / 1880-1945 > Ku Klux Klan (1915- ) / History / 20th century > Ku Klux Klan (1915- ) > Ku-Klux-Klan > Geschichte 1900-2000 > Geschichte 1920-1930 > Racism / United States / History / 20th century > Hate groups / United States / History / 20th century > Social movements / United States / History / 20th century > Political culture / United States / History / 20th century > Hate groups > Political culture > Race relations > Racism > Social movements > Geschichte > United States / Race relations / History / 20th century > United States > USA
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Zusammenfassung:Fifty years after the end of the Civil War, William Joseph Simmons, a failed Methodist minister, formed a fraternal order that he called The Knights of the Ku Klux Klan. Organized primarily as a money-making scheme, it shared little but its name with the Ku Klux Klan of the Reconstruction Era. This new Klan became, for a brief period of time in the mid-1920s, one of America's most powerful social and political organizations. While often using intimidation and violence against its foes, the Klan was responsible for the election of supportive politicians at all levels of government. Following a disastrous attempt to influence the presidential election of 1924, and with increasing public awareness of the Klan's corrupt and violent nature, the order faltered, becoming a mere wisp of its former self by 1930
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (pages [304]-308) and index
Beschreibung:xiii, 311 Seiten
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ISBN:9780881465617
978-0-88146-561-7