Ku Klux Terror: Birmingham, Alabama, from 1866-present

by Michael Newton

Overview

Everything you need to know about the bloody history of the Ku Klux Klan in Alabama, from its inception in 1866 to its current abominations, is here. During Reconstruction, the KKK "redeemed" the state for white, one-party rule, then disbanded. In 1915, it reappeared as a fraternal order and political vehicle. What started out as a small group of drunken Confederate veterans on horseback harassing freed slaves became a vast network of violent, power-hungry racists. The Klan committed its most atrocious crimes against the African-American civil rights movement from 1954 to 1969. Read about an innocent man whose irreparable mutilation was intended as a warning to a pastor who supported racial integration of schools. The Klan's most devastating hate crime of that era, the deadly bombing of Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, remained technically unsolved until 1977. Even today, the KKK and its philosophy endure.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780764343643
Publisher:	Schiffer Publishing, Ltd.
Publication date:	06/28/2013
Pages:	1756
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Michael Newton has published 254 books since 1977, with 18 more scheduled for release through 2014. Ku Klux Terror is his sixth book from Schiffer Publishing. Others include five installments of the Strange Monsters series. He lives in Nashville, Indiana.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments 4

Preface 5

Chapter 1 The Magic City 14

Chapter 2 Bull's Law 34

Chapter 3 Ace 61

Chapter 4 The Sting 76

Chapter 5 Invisible Empires 88

Chapter 6 Freedom Riding 105

Chapter 7 "Segregation Forever!" 122

Chapter 8 Bloody Sunday 132

Chapter 9 "Open Season" 144

Chapter 10 Justice Deferred 162

Bibliography 175