Bibliograph

Life of a Klansman, a family history in white supremacy, Edward Ball

Type

Label

Life of a Klansman, a family history in white supremacy, Edward Ball

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

mapsgenealogical tablesillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Life of a Klansman

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1141954202

Responsibility statement

Edward Ball

Sub title

a family history in white supremacy

Summary

"An examination of the history of the author's family and its ties to white supremacist movements."--, Provided by publisherSifting through family lore about "our Klansman" as well as public and private records, Ball reconstructs the story of his great-great grandfather, Constant Lecorgne. A white French Creole, father of five, and working class ship carpenter, Lecorgne had a career in white terror of notable and bloody completeness: massacres, night riding, masked marches, street rampages-- all part of a tireless effort that he and other Klansmen made to restore white power when it was threatened by the emancipation of four million enslaved African Americans. Ball also sought out descendants of African Americans who were once victimized by Lecorgne and his comrades, and shares their stories. --, Adapted from jacket

Table Of Contents

Prologue: Our Klansman -- The Ku-Klux Act -- Grands blancs / Big Whites -- Tribes -- Introduction to an Atrocity -- White Terror -- Petits blancs / Little Whites -- Redemption

Target audience

adult

resource.variantTitle

Family history in white supremacy

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