Klansville, U.S.A. : the rise and fall of the civil rights-era Ku Klux Klan / David Cunningham.

The first substantial history of the civil rights-era KKK's astounding rise and fall, focusing on the under-explored case of the United Klans of America (UKA) in North Carolina.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cunningham, David, 1970-
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, [2013], ©2013.
Subjects:
Ku Klux Klan (1915- ) > North Carolina.
Physical Description:xiv, 337 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Beginnings: the KKK in North carolina and the U.S
  • The rise of the Carolina Klan
  • "Rebirth of Klan counters moderate action in state" : the UKa and southern politics
  • UKA recruitment in North Carolina counties
  • Joining the Klan
  • Locating "Klansville, U.S.A."
  • The fall of united Klans
  • Epilogue: how the KKK does and doesn't matter in the post-klan south.