The Fiery Cross: The Ku Klux Klan in America
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In The Fiery Cross Wyn Craig Wade traces the history of the Klan from its beginnings after the Civil War as a social club in Pulaski Tennessee to the present. The reader follows the Klans resurgence in 1915 after D.W. Griffiths epic film The Birth of a Nation depicted Klan members as heroic saviors of the old Southern society to the swearing in of President Warren G. Harding as a Klansman in the Green Room. Wade explores the Klans championing of white supremacy as a response to the Civil Rights movement in the 60s through to their present day activities aligning themselves with a variety of neo-fascist and right-wing groups in the American West. He concludes by offering an assessment of the Klans future. The Fiery Cross provides an exhaustive analysis and perspective on this dark shadow of American society.
