By the mid-1920s, internal divisions, scandals, and an overzealous attempt to dominate local and state elections caused Arkansas’s Klan to fall apart nearly as quickly as it had risen. Yet as the organization dissolved and the formal trappings of its flamboyant presence receded, the attitudes the Klan embraced never fully disappeared. In documenting this history, Barnes shows how the Klan’s early success still casts a long shadow on the state to this day.
By the mid-1920s, internal divisions, scandals, and an overzealous attempt to dominate local and state elections caused Arkansas’s Klan to fall apart nearly as quickly as it had risen. Yet as the organization dissolved and the formal trappings of its flamboyant presence receded, the attitudes the Klan embraced never fully disappeared. In documenting this history, Barnes shows how the Klan’s early success still casts a long shadow on the state to this day.
The Ku Klux Klan in 1920s Arkansas: How Protestant White Nationalism Came to Rule a State
248The Ku Klux Klan in 1920s Arkansas: How Protestant White Nationalism Came to Rule a State
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ISBN-13: | 9781682261859 |
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Publisher: | University of Arkansas Press |
Publication date: | 03/26/2021 |
Pages: | 248 |
Sales rank: | 1,047,080 |
Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.70(d) |