They Called Themselves the K.K.K.: The Birth of an American Terrorist Group Summary
Susan Campbell Bartoletti

They Called Themselves the K.K.K.: The Birth of an American Terrorist Group Summary

They Called Themselves the K.K.K. by Susan Campbell Bartoletti is a very thorough history of the beginning of the Ku Klux Klan in Pulaski, Tennessee. She explains the atmosphere in the South as the war ends and the destruction that awaits the returning soldier. The Confederates are not allowed to do business or have political positions for too long after their return. Many men who are accustomed to working...

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