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Gospel according to the Klan : the KKK's appeal to Protestant America, 1915-1930 / by Baker, Kelly(Kelly J.);
Includes bibliographical references and index."Let's get behind Old Glory and the church of Jesus Christ": religion, American narratives, and the 1920s Klan -- "Thank God for the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan": the Klan's protestantism -- "Take the Christ out of America, and America fails!": the Klan's nationalism -- "God give us men": the Klan's Christian knighthood -- "The sacredness of motherhood": white womanhood, maternity, and marriage in the 1920s Klan -- "White skin will not redeem a black heart": the Klan's whiteness, white supremacy, and American race -- "Rome's reputation is stained with protestant blood": the Klan-Notre Dame Riot of May 1924 -- "Guardians of privilege": what the Klan tells us about American (religious) history -- "Passing the torch": the Klan's brand in America.To many Americans, modern marches by the Ku Klux Klan may seem like a throwback to the past or posturing by bigoted hatemongers. To Kelly Baker, they are a reminder of how deeply the Klan is rooted in American mainstream Protestant culture. Most studies of the KKK dismiss it as an organization of racists attempting to intimidate minorities and argue that the Klan used religion only as a rhetorical device. Baker contends instead that the KKK based its justifications for hatred on a particular brand of Protestantism that resonated with mainstream Americans, one that employed burning crosses and robes to explicitly exclude Jews and Catholics. To show how the Klan used religion to further its agenda of hate while appealing to everyday Americans, Kelly Baker takes readers back to its "second incarnation" in the 1920s. During that decade, the revived Klan hired a public relations firm that suggested it could reach a wider audience by presenting itself as a "fraternal Protestant organization that championed white supremacy as opposed to marauders of the night." That campaign was so successful that the Klan established chapters in all forty-eight states. Baker has scoured official newspapers and magazines issued by the Klan during that era to reveal the inner workings of the order and show how its leadership manipulated religion, nationalism, gender, and race. Through these publications we see a Klan trying to adapt its hate-based positions with the changing times in order to expand its base by reaching beyond a narrowly defined white male Protestant America. This engrossing expose looks closely at the Klan's definition of Protestantism, its belief in a strong relationship between church and state, its notions of masculinity and femininity, and its views on Jews and African Americans. The book also examines in detail the Klan's infamous 1924 anti-Catholic riot at Notre Dame University and draws alarming parallels between the Klan's message of the 1920s and current posturing by some Tea Party members and their sympathizers. Analyzing the complex religious arguments the Klan crafted to gain acceptability -- and credibility -- among angry Americans, Baker reveals that the Klan was more successful at crafting this message than has been credited by historians. To tell American history from this startling perspective demonstrates that some citizens still participate in intolerant behavior to protect a fabled white Protestant nation. - Publisher.
Subjects: Ku Klux Klan (1915- ); Protestantism;
© 2011., University Press of Kansas,
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A fever in the heartland : the Ku Klux Klan's plot to take over America, and the woman who stopped them / by Egan, Timothy,author.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages [357]-388) and index."A historical thriller by the Pulitzer and National Book Award-winning author that tells the riveting story of the Klan's rise to power in the 1920s, the cunning con man who drove that rise, and the woman who stopped them. The Roaring Twenties - the Jazz Age - has been characterized as a time of Gatsby frivolity. But it was also the height of the uniquely American hate group, the Ku Klux Klan. Their domain was not the old Confederacy, but the Heartland and the West. They hated Blacks, Jews, Catholics and immigrants in equal measure, and took radical steps to keep these people from the American promise. And the man who set in motion their takeover of great swaths of America was a charismatic charlatan named D.C. Stephenson. Stephenson was a magnetic presence whose life story changed with every telling. Within two years of his arrival in Indiana, he'd become the Grand Dragon of the state and the architect of the strategy that brought the group out of the shadows - their message endorsed from the pulpits of local churches, spread at family picnics and town celebrations. Judges, prosecutors, ministers, governors and senators across the country all proudly proclaimed their membership. But at the peak of his influence, it was a seemingly powerless woman - Madge Oberholtzer - who would reveal his secret cruelties, and whose deathbed testimony finally brought the Klan to their knees" --
Subjects: Stephenson, David Curtis, 1891-1966.; Oberholtzer, Madge, 1896-1925.; Ku Klux Klan (1915- ); Ku Klux Klan (1915- ); White supremacy movements;
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Everyday klansfolk : white protestant life and the KKK in 1920s Michigan / by Fox, Craig.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Marketing, membership, and merchandise: the Klan brand comes to town -- The Knights in image and idea: popular Klannish fantasy, self-portrayal, and political demonology -- An everyman's Klan: behind the masks in Newaygo County -- The invisible empire and small-town sociability: Klan recruitment channels in Newaygo County -- Community, church, and Klan: the civic lives of ordinary Klansfolk and the social functions of KKK pageantry.
Subjects: Ku Klux Klan (1915- ); Middle class; Protestants; Social conflict;
© c2011., Michigan State University Press,
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Mississippi burning [videorecording] / by Zollo, Frederick.; Colesberry, Robert F.; Gerolmo, Chris.; Parker, Alan,1944-; Hackman, Gene.; Dafoe, Willem.; McDormand, Frances.; Dourif, Brad,1950-; Biziou, Peter.; Hambling, Gerry.; Jones, Trevor,1949 March 23-; Harrison, Philip.; Kirkland, Geoffrey.; Orion Pictures.; MGM Home Entertainment Inc.;
DVD, Region 1, NTSC, widescreen presentation (1.85:1); Dolby stereo. surround (English & French) and mono. (Spanish).Gene Hackman, Willem Dafoe, Frances McDormand, Brad Dourif.Director of photography, Peter Biziou ; editor, Gerry Hambling ; music, Trevor Jones ; production designers, Philip Harrison, Geoffrey Kirkland.MPAA rating: R.Set in Mississippi in 1964, this controversial film is based on the true story of the case of three young civil rights workers (in real life they were named James Earl Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner) who were brutally murdered in June of 1964. The chaotic aftermath was dubbed Mississippi Burning. This movie is told from the perspective of the FBI's operations to uncover evidence and bring the killers to justice. Anger over the real incident prompted the passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act in 1965. Although the fim was nominated for six Oscars and won the award for Best Cinematography, it stirred a great deal of controversy when it was released. In the years since, it has come to be considered a classic.
Subjects: Detective and mystery films.; Crime films.; Historical films.; Feature films.; Fiction films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Murder; Civil rights workers; Civil rights movements; Ku Klux Klan (1915- ); Goodman, Andrew, 1943-1964; Chaney, James Earl, 1943-1964; Schwerner, Michael Henry, 1939-1964; Segregation;
© 2013, c1988., MGM Home Entertainment,
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The making of Black Detroit in the age of Henry Ford / by Bates, Beth Tompkins.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. [309]-333) and index.Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations used in the text -- Introduction -- 1: With the wind at their backs: migration to Detroit -- 2: Henry Ford ushers in a new era for Black workers -- 3: Politics of inclusion and the construction of a new Detroit -- 4: Drawing the color line in housing, 1915-1930 -- 5: Politics of unemployment in depression-era Detroit, 1927-1931 -- 6: Henry Ford at a crossroads: Inkster and the Ford Hunger March -- 7: Behind the mask of civility: Black politics in Detroit, 1932-1935 -- 8: Charting a new course for Black workers -- 9: Black workers change tactics, 1937-1941 -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.Overview: In the 1920s, Henry Ford hired thousands of African American men for his open-shop system of auto manufacturing. This move was a rejection of the notion that better jobs were for white men only. In The Making of Black Detroit in the Age of Henry Ford, Beth Tompkins Bates explains how black Detroiters, newly arrived from the South, seized the economic opportunities offered by Ford in the hope of gaining greater economic security. As these workers came to realize that Ford's anti-union "American Plan" did not allow them full access to the American Dream, their loyalty eroded, and they sought empowerment by pursuing a broad activist agenda. This, in turn, led them to play a pivotal role in the United Auto Workers' challenge to Ford's interests. In order to fully understand this complex shift, Bates traces allegiances among Detroit's African American community as reflected in its opposition to the Ku Klux Klan, challenges to unfair housing practices, and demands for increased and effective political participation. This groundbreaking history demonstrates how by World War II Henry Ford and his company had helped kindle the civil rights movement in Detroit without intending to do so.
Subjects: African Americans; African Americans; Migration, Internal;
© 2012., University of North Carolina Press,
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