Introduction
Beginnings: The KKK in North Carolina and the U.S.
The Rise of the Carolina Klan
"Rebirth of Klan Counters Moderate Action in State": The UKA and
Southern Politics
UKA Recruitment in North Carolina Counties
Joining the Klan
Locating "Klansville, U.S.A."
The Fall of United Klans
Epilogue
Notes
References
Index
David Cunningham is Professor and Chair of Sociology and the Social
Justice and Social Policy Program at Brandeis University. Over the
past decade, he has worked with the Greensboro (N.C.) Truth and
Reconciliation Commission as well as the Mississippi Truth Project,
and served as a consulting expert in several court cases. The
author of There's Something Happening Here: The New Left, the Klan,
and FBI Counterintelligence, his current
research focuses on the causes, consequences, and legacy of racial
violence.
"A fascinating case study... Cunningham's study is a solid addition
to the field and a worthy contribution to current debates about
domestic terrorism."
--Publishers Weekly
"All too often scholars tend to treat social movements as akin to
organizations, as coherent, singular entities rather than as the
unruly collections of groups and factions they tend to be. In this
important book on the Ku Klux Klan in North Carolina in the 1960s,
Cunningham honors this messiness, while proposing a model of
'mediated competition' to explain local variation in the extent and
form of Klan mobilization in the state. Anyone interested in
the
Klan, the civil rights movement, or social movements in general
will want to have this on their shelf."
--Doug McAdam, Professor of Sociology, Stanford University
"Cunningham's nuanced study shows us why understanding the past is
still relevant for today. In mapping the legacies of organized
racial extremism in the midst of perceived scarcity of resources,
Cunningham offers a road map for countering the rise of hate groups
today."
--Susan M. Glisson, Executive Director, William Winter Institute
for Racial Reconciliation
"David Cunningham's deeply researched and well-crafted Klansville,
U.S.A. lifts the sheet on the civil rights-era Ku Klux Klan in its
stronghold of North Carolina, supposedly the progressive South,
where KKK membership far outstripped that of any other Southern
state. The Carolina Klan blocked black voting, burned
newly-integrated schools and committed hundreds of shootings,
beatings, bombings, and other acts of terror. Setting this
appalling story in
the larger context of America's flirtation with the hooded order,
Cunningham offers a look into the past-and into the mirror, where
our shadows, memories and hopes abide."
--Tim Tyson, Duke University, and author of Blood Done Sign My
Name
"In this important contribution, Cunningham has recovered a largely
unknown, and counterintuitive state history, broadened our
understanding of the regional variability of the 1960s Klan, and
offered a well-theorized, wonderfully documented explanation of its
emergence in one location."
--Contemporary Sociology
"This book is truly a valuable analysis of the connection between
southern culture and politics, and the quality of both Cunningham's
scholarship and his writing make this work a thought-provoking and
valuable contribution to the study of the South."
--The Journal of Southern History
Ask a Question About this Product More... |