Klansville, U.S.A: The Rise and Fall of the Civil Rights-era Ku Klux Klan
- ISBN-10
- 0199752028
- ISBN-13
- 9780199752027
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 337
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Author
- David Cunningham
Description
Looks at the rise of KKK activity during the Civil Rights Movement of the 60s, focusing especially on the disproportionately large amount of Klan members in North Carolina.
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