Balder Ex-Libris

Author : Newton Michael
Title : The Ku Klux Klan in Mississippi A history
Year : 2010

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Preface. Since 1866 the Ku Klux Klan has been a force to reckon with in Mississippi. Enduring through repeated cycles of expansion and decline, Klansmen have rallied, marched, elected civic leaders, infiltrated law enforcement, and committed crimes ranging from petty vandalism to assassination and mass murder. Despite Mississippi’s 142-year history as one of the Klan’s most persistent and violent realms, surveys of “Klannishness” in the Magnolia State have thus far been restricted to vignettes and footnotes within broader histories of Reconstruction or the long campaign for civil rights by African Americans. The Ku Klux Klan in Mississippi intends to fill that gap in scholarship, examining the Mississippi KKK, its allies, and its long-suffering victims in the context of their changing times. I owe thanks for assistance to the following: Yvonne Arnold at the University of Southern Mississippi’s McCain Library and Archives; Laura Lipsey Bradley; Cindy Brown at the University of Mississippi Alumni Association; Sean Farrell at the Library of Hattiesburg, Petal and Forrest County; Christine Fletcher at the Mississippi State University libraries; David Frasier at Indiana University; Shaun Howard at the New York Public Library; Jerry Mitchell at the Jackson Clarion-Ledger; Mark Potok at the Southern Poverty Law Center; Peter Rinaldi at the Natchez Sun; Marianne Sweeney-Raley at the Natchez-Adams-Wilkinson Library Service; Linda White at the Clarksdale Public Library; and Christine Wilson at the Journal of Mississippi History. ...