Fiery Cross The Ku Klux Klan in America

Name: Fiery Cross The Ku Klux Klan in America
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ISBN: 9780195123579

ISBN-10: 0195123573

ISBN-13: 9780195123579

Edition: 1998 (Reprint)

Authors: Wyn Craig Wade

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Few groups in our history are as fascinating and mysterious as the Ku Klux Klan. Its story is one of violence, political manipulation and intrigue, absurdity, and mesmerizing organizational and propaganda skills. Through shrewd political tactics and powerful leadership, the Klan has often been a potent force, as it encouraged Americans to protect themselves from those they find "unacceptable." Its actions have made it one of the most feared groups in America. In The Fiery Cross, Wyn Craig Wade traces the Klan from its beginnings after the Civil War as a social club in Pulaski, Tennessee, to the present. Wade provides us with the history of the group, which has gone through a number of…

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List price: $26.99
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 11/19/1998
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 528
Size: 9.09" wide x 6.10" long x 1.30" tall
Weight: 1.628

Wyn Wade (1944-2006) was a clinical psychologist by training, specializing in family and adolescent counseling and neuropsychosis. He held degrees from the University of Michigan, the University of Wisconsin, and pursued postgraduate work at Michigan State University.



Preface


Prologue "Beware the People Weeping"



1865-1915



"The Shrouded Brotherhood"



"We Are the Law Itself"



"Let Us Have Peace"


Postscript



1915-1930



"Writing History with Lightning"



"Here Yesterday, Here Today, Here Forever"



"I Found Christ through the Ku Klux Klan"



"Practical Patriotism"



"Ain't God Good to Indiana?"


Postscript



1930-1987



"The Klan Is an American Institution"



"Divisible Invisible Empire"



"The Roaring Sixties"



"His Hot and Awful Light"



"A Bible in One Hand and a .38 in the Other"


Postscript


Acknowledgments


Appendices


Notes


Index