Ku Klux Klan America's First Terrorists Exposed The Rebirth Od The Strange Society Of Blood And Death

The aftermath of the Civil War saw the Ku Klux Klan founded as a white supremacist insurgency of former Confederate rebels. But the Klan saw its greatest growth in the first decades of the 20th century. By 1925, with a membership of about four million, it was established in every state of the Union. Fueling its incredible growth was a potent combination of public relations expertise and high-pressure sales tactics applied to the business of hate. Its sinister legacy still confronts us today.Collected here for the first time is a massive dossier of original source material documenting this bizarre episode of American history. Materials include government reports; long-hidden pages from the Klan's own handbook; pro- and anti-Klan articles from newspapers and magazines of the period; and much more, including the complete text of Ezra A. Cook's classic piece of investigative reporting, 'œKu Klux Klan: Secrets Exposed.' All unabridged.Jacobs, David, Patrick O'Donnell is the author of 'Ku Klux Klan America's First Terrorists Exposed The Rebirth Od The Strange Society Of Blood And Death', published 2006 under ISBN 9781419649783 and ISBN 1419649787.