Ku Klux Klan: Its Origin, Growth and DisbandmentNeale Publishing Company, 1905 - 198 páginas The KKK's early history from its formation to its first disbandment is revealed with astonishing detail - writing in 1905, the author includes eyewitness accounts from those alive at the time. Following the American Civil War, the emancipation of black Americans occurred - the peoples formerly owned by plantation owners and farmers were accorded freedom, citizenship and rights as citizens of the United States. However, a segment of the population were unhappy with the emancipation of the enslaved - a desire for white domination led many, particularly in the Deep South, to perpetrate violence, mischief and murder. In the southern states, six former officers of the Confederate States of America formed the Ku Klux Klan. Intentionally shrouding the initiation ceremonies, doctrines and customs in mystery, the group was formed to amuse its members and attract public curiosity. Only later, as the group gained in membership and perpetrated violent and murderous acts, did their white hoods and rituals acquire notoriety and become synonymous with white supremacy and menace against the black minority. This book details the formation and progress of the 1st Klan, which operated between the years 1865 and 1871. Authored in 1905, it benefits from eyewitness accounts; at the time, the KKK's first appearance was within living memory, thought a curious event firmly confined to the past. However, a decade after Fleming published this book the KKK was revived, becoming far larger than before. Although overshadowed by later events, histories such as Fleming's shed light on an era of upheaval. Backlash against emancipation was anticipated, and the KKK was not the only extra-judicial group of its kind; although such organizations successfully intimidated many blacks into departing politics, laws and crackdowns by the government contained the organization, albeit temporarily. |
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... regard to Ku Klux Klan , by many former members of the order , and by their friends and relatives . Of especial value were the details given to me by Major James R. Crowe , of Sheffield , Alabama ; the late Ryland Randolph , Esq . , and ...
... regard to the founding of the Pulaski Circle , Major J. R. Crowe says : " Frank O. McCord was elected Grand Cyclops , and James R. Crowe , Grand Turk . A committee composed of Richard R. Reed and Calvin Jones ' was appointed to select a ...
... regard to the end in view , which was diversion and amusement . The evening was spent in discussing the best means of attaining the object for which they were seeking . Two committees were appointed , one to select a name , * the 1 ...
... regard to anything that was a matter of common report with ref- erence to the order . If they chose , mem- bers were allowed to say to outsiders : " I am going to join the Ku Klux . " If the per- sons addressed expressed a desire to do ...
... explains why , from the very first , secrecy was so much insisted on . A single " tale out of school " would have spoiled the fun . For the same reason the Klan , in its early history , was careful in regard to 64 KU KLUX KLAN.
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Ku Klux Klan: Its Origin, Growth and Disbandment John C. Lester,Daniel Love Wilson Vista completa - 1905 |
Ku Klux Klan: Its Origin, Growth and Disbandment John C. Lester,Daniel Love Wilson Vista completa - 1905 |