They called themselves the K.K.K. : the birth of an American terrorist group /

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by Bartoletti, Susan Campbell.
[ 01. English Non Fiction ] Published by : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, (Boston :) Physical details: 172 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm. Subject(s): Ku Klux Klan (19th cent.) | Ku Klux Klan (1915- ) | Racism --United States --History. | Hate groups --United States --History. | United States --Race relations. Year : 2010 01. English Non Fiction Item type : 01. English Non Fiction
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Morell Regional High School 322.4 BAR Available

Includes bibliographical references (p. [162]-168) and index.

A note to the reader -- "Bottom rail top" -- "Boys, let us get up a club" -- "I was killed at Chickamauga" -- "Worms would have been eating me now -- "They say a man ought not to vote" -- "I am going to die on this land" -- "A whole race trying to go to school" -- "They must have somebody to guide them" -- "Forced by force, to use force" -- "The sacredness of the human person" -- Epilogue : "it tuck a long time" -- Civil rights time line.

Documents the history and origin of the Ku Klux Klan from its beginning in Pulaski, Tennessee, and provides personal accounts, congressional documents, diaries, and more.