The Ku Klux Klan of the 1920s

Utilizing primary sources, including speeches by Klan leaders and regional and national Klan newspapers, pamphlets and books, this text seeks to go beyond the superficial accounts of the Klan's hostility to various groups to include: what Klan members thought and said; why particular segments of the population were attracted by Klan ideology; and the appeal of the Klan to white women.