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The second installment in a provocative trilogy set during the Reconstruction era, The Clansman (1905) follows The Leopards Spots (1902) and precedes The Traitor (1907). This novel, which inspired the 1915 silent film classic The Birth of a Nation, weaves a fictional narrative that captures Thomas Dixon Jr.s perspective on the origins of the first Ku Klux Klan—shaped in part by his uncles role as a Grand Titan during his youth. It explores the motivations behind the white southern response to the perceived injustices and social upheaval of the Reconstruction period. While the book has been ...

"With meticulous detective work, Timothy Egan shines a light on one of the most sinister chapters in American history—how a viciously racist movement, led by a murderous conman, rose to power in the early twentieth century. A Fever in the Heartland is compelling, powerful, and profoundly...

Audiobook "Ku Klux Klan. Amerykańscy rasiści" przybliża historię powstałej w XIX wieku organizacji, która prześladowała nie tylko Afroamerykanów, ale również mieszkających w Stanach Zjednoczonych katolików. Publikacja po raz pierwszy pojawiła się w druku w połowie lat 30. XX wieku.

Seit fast 150 Jahren terrorisiert der Ku-Klux-Klan weite Teile der USA. Zweimal wurde er zerschlagen, formierte sich aber wieder. Der rechtradikale Geheimbund hat weiße Spitzkapuzen zum Sinnbild für Rassismus und Gewalt in Amerika gemacht. In diesem Hörbuch erfahren Sie die Hintergründe zur Entstehungsgeschichte des Ku Klux Klans.

A journey into the dark heart of corporate Australia. Join corporate governance expert Dr Andrew Schmulow and award winning investigative journalist Anthony Klan as they lay bare the systemic cronyism and corruption that is modern professional Australia.

The brilliant, amoral, and spectacularly bold Bessie Tyler and Edward Young Clarke - together, the Southern Publicity Association - met the fervent William Joseph Simmons (founder of the second KKK), saw an opportunity, and played on his many weaknesses. Tyler and Clarke took Simmons' dying and broken KKK, with its 2,000-3,000 associates in Georgia and Alabama, and in a few short years swelled its membership to nearly five million.

In the 1960s, on the heels of the Brown vs. Board of Education decision and in the midst of the growing Civil Rights Movement, Ku Klux Klan activity boomed, reaching an intensity not seen since the 1920s, when the KKK boasted over 4 million members. Most surprisingly, the state with the largest Klan membership-more than the rest of the South combined-was North Carolina, a supposed bastion of southern-style progressivism.

New York Public Library Best of 2022 A gripping, twisting account of a small town set on fire by hatred, xenophobia, and ecological disaster—a story that weaves together corporate malfeasance, a battle over shrinking natural resources, a turning point in the modern white supremacist movement...

Die Brandmauer bröckelt: Die AfD könnte bald in der Regierung sitzen! 2000 Beweisstücke für die Verfassungsfeindlichkeit dieser Partei hat Philipp Ruch, Autor des Spiegel-Bestsellers Schluss mit Geduld, zusammengetragen. Beweise, die keinen Zweifel daran lassen, dass die AfD längst hätte verboten werden müssen. Der Autor blickt auf Jahrzehnte politischer Vergangenheit zurück und stellt sich der Frage: Sind wir heute besser vorbereitet als 1933? Dürfen wir der AfD weiterhin so verhängnisvoll tolerant begegnen oder müssen wir jetzt handeln?