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White robes and burning crosses : a history of the Ku Klux Klan from 1866
- Title
- White robes and burning crosses : a history of the Ku Klux Klan from 1866 / Michael Newton.
- Author
- Newton, Michael, 1951-
- Publication
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2014]
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | Sc F 14-520 | Schomburg Center - Research & Reference |
Details
- Description
- vii, 306 pages : illustrations; 26 cm
- Summary
- "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"--
- Alternative Title
- History of the Ku Klux Klan from 1866
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- "Selected bibliography": pages 289-292.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- 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).
- Call Number
- Sc F 14-520
- ISBN
- 9780786477746 (softcover : acid free paper)
- 0786477741 (softcover : acid free paper)
- 9781476617190 (ebook) (canceled/invalid)
- 1476617198 (ebook) (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2014023632
- OCLC
- 877370955
- Author
- Newton, Michael, 1951- author.
- Title
- White robes and burning crosses : a history of the Ku Klux Klan from 1866 / Michael Newton.
- Publisher
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2014]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- "Selected bibliography": pages 289-292.Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- Sc F 14-520