Bibliograph

The fiery cross, the Ku Klux Klan in America, Wyn Craig Wade

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The fiery cross, the Ku Klux Klan in America, Wyn Craig Wade

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The fiery cross

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

38014230

Responsibility statement

Wyn Craig Wade

Review

"In The Fiery Cross, Wyn Craig Wade traces the history of the Klan from its beginnings after the Civil War as a social club in Pulaski, Tennessee, to the present. The reader follows the Klan's resurgence in 1915 after D.W. Griffith's epic film The Birth of a Nation depicted Klan members as heroic saviors of the old Southern society, to the swearing in of President Warren G. Harding as a Klansman in the Green Room. Wade explores the Klan's championing of white supremacy as a response to the Civil Rights movement in the 60s, through to their present day activities, aligning themselves with a variety of neo-fascist and right-wing groups in the American West. He concludes by offering an assessment of the Klan's future. The Fiery Cross provides an exhaustive analysis and perspective on this dark shadow of American society."--BOOK JACKET

Sub title

the Ku Klux Klan in America

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