Klansville, U.S.A. : the rise and fall of the civil rights-era Ku Klux Klan /
Overview: In the 1960s, on the heels of the Brown vs. Board of Education decision and in the midst of the growing Civil Rights Movement, Ku Klux Klan activity boomed, reaching an intensity not seen since the 1920s, when the KKK boasted over 4 million members. Most surprisingly, the state with the la...
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Oxford University Press,
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Table of Contents:
- Beginnings: the Ku Klux Klan in North Carolina and the nation
- Rise of the Carolina Klan
- "Rebirth of Klan counters moderate action in state": the United Klans of America and southern politics
- Klan recruitment in North Carolina counties
- Joining the Klan
- Locating "Klansville, U.S.A."
- The Fall of United Klans
- Epilogue: How the Carolina Klan does--and doesn't--matter in the post-Klan south.