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Life of a Klansman : a family history in white supremacy /

Sifting through family lore about "our Klansman" as well as public and private records, Ball reconstructs the story of his great-great grandfather, Constant Lecorgne. A white French Creole, father of five and working class ship carpenter, Lecorgne had a career in white terror of notable an...

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Main Author: Ball, Edward, 1958- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, [2020]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Lecorgne, Constant, > 1832-1886.
Lecorgne family.
New Orleans (La.) > Race relations > 19th century.
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) > Louisiana > New Orleans.
Racism > Louisiana > New Orleans > History > 19th century.
White supremacy movements > Louisiana > New Orleans > History > 19th century.
White League (La.) > Biography.
Ku Klux KLan > Biography.
Creoles > Louisiana > History > 19th century.
New Orleans (La.) > Biography.
Biography.

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