The Ku Klux Klan in the Heartland
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"Who is an American?" asked the Ku Klux Klan. It is a question that echoes as loudly today as it did in the early twentieth century. But who really joined the Klan? Were they "hillbillies, the Great Unteachables" as one journalist put it? It would be comforting to think so, but how then did they become one of the most powerful political forces in our nation's history?
In The Ku Klux Klan in the Heartland, renowned historian James H. Madison details the creation and reign of the infamous organization. Through the prism of their operations in Indiana and the Midwest, Madison explores the Klan's roots in respectable white protestant society. Convinced that America was heading in the wrong direction because of undesirable "un-American" elements, Klan members did not see themselves as bigoted racist extremists but as good Christian patriots joining proudly together in a righteous moral crusade.
The Ku Klux Klan in the Heartland offers a detailed history of this powerful organization and examines how, through its use of intimidation, religious belief, and the ballot box, the ideals of Klan in the 1920s have on-going implications for America today.
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- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5I don't know that this is a fair rating because the book isn't formatted properly in scribd so I can only read a word or two at a time without having to decipher the next word, line, etc. I've tried on both my tablet and cell phone. Should be an easy fix and I will amend my review at that point, but as of now it's unreadable/incoherent. It does have great reviews elsewhere, where people are able to make sense of the material rather than having to decipher a word jumble.