They Called Themselves the K.K.K.: The Birth of an American Terrorist Group
Boys, let us get up a club. With those words, six restless young men raided the linens at a friend’s mansion, pulled pillowcases over their heads, hopped on horses, and cavorted through the streets of Pulaski, Tennessee. The six friends named their club the Ku Klux Klan, and, all too quickly,...
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Boys, let us get up a club. With those words, six restless young men raided the linens at a friend’s mansion, pulled pillowcases over their heads, hopped on horses, and cavorted through the streets of Pulaski, Tennessee. The six friends named their club the Ku Klux Klan, and, all too quickly, their club grew into the self-proclaimed Invisible Empire with secret dens spread across the South.This is the story of how a secret terrorist group took root in America’s democracy. Filled with chilling and vivid personal accounts unearthed from oral histories, congressional documents, and diaries, it is a book to read and remember.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780618440337 (061844033X)
Pages no: 172
Edition language: English
Category:
Young Adult,
Childrens,
Teen,
Non Fiction,
History,
Cultural,
Juvenile,
Middle Grade,
African American,
American History,
High School
This is not a comprehensive history of the KKK. As the title says, it's the birth, the first decade, and when the group was at its most powerful. At one point, Nathan Bedford Forrest, one of the founding fathers of the KKK and a man more honored in his home state than any of the presidents born ther...
This engaging but disturbing history book for teens starts by describing the climate of the U.S. at the end of the Civil War and then focuses on the rise and fall of the KKK during the Reconstruction era, with an epilogue about the 20th and 21st century. Well-presented, with many illustrations and d...
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