The Ku Klux Klan in Mississippi
Subtitle: a history
By: Michael Newton.
Publisher: McFarland & Company
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 252
ISBN-13: 9780786446537
Subjects: Ku-Klux Klan (19th cent.) -- Mississippi -- History; Ku Klux Klan (1915- ) -- Mississippi -- History; Mississippi -- History
Description: "Since 1866 the Ku Klux Klan has been a significant force in Mississippi, enduring repeated cycles of expansion and decline. Klansmen have rallied, marched, elected civic leaders, infiltrated law enforcement, and committed crimes. It details its complete history, campaigns of terrorism, KKK involvement in politics and religion, and its role as a social movement for marginalized poor whites"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Reconstruction and "redemption" (1866-1877); title: Hiatus and revival (1877-1921); title: Invisible empire (1921-1944); title: A closed society (1944-1962); title: "A ticket to the eternal" (1963-1969); title: "Yesterday, today, forever" (1970-2007).