NCJ Number
146271
Editor(s)
S Bullard
Date Published
1991
Length
64 pages
Annotation
This publication presents the history of the Ku Klux Klan and efforts to curb Klan activities and racist violence.
Abstract
This edition of the publication is divided into four parts: (1) A Hundred Years of Terror, The Klan is Born, From Social Club Beginnings, Nightriders, Klan Version of History, Klan Power at Its Peak, Box Office Propaganda, Civil Rights Enemy, Forty Lives for Freedom 1955-68; (2) The Klan's Victims, Victims of Klan Violence, Learning How to Hate, A Klansman's Story; (3) Responding to the Klan, Saying "No," The Woman Who Beat the Klan, Covering the Klan, The KKK and the Law; and (4) The White Supremacist Movement, The "New" Klan of the 1970s, The Faces of White Supremacy, The Hate Movement, Preparing for the Revolution, From Robes to Combat Boots, Identity: The "Theology" of Hate, Klan Membership Estimates, New Generation of Hate, Murder in Portland, Bringing Hate Groups to Justice, Crimes of Prejudice, Leaders in the Movement, Active White Supremacist Groups, On the Enemy List. The Introduction, "Why Study the Klan?", was written by Julian Bond. The Conclusion, "Do Klansmen Bleed?" was written by Morris Dees. Bibliography