Nancy Maclean KKK

We discover in Nancy MacLean’s scholarly study of the rise of the Ku Klux Klan after World War I that there have been terrorists operating on American soil long before September 11. In this particular case, the terrorists are homegrown and as American as apple pie. MacLean’s book traces the roots and motives of the formation of the Ku Klux Klan, which she basically felt arose from the sentiments of a group of family men who were frightened by and resented what they viewed as an attack on their certainties of life. This was particularly true with respect to changing relations between the sexes and what was viewed as an increasing threat from those with concentrated wealth. Yet it was the Klan’s middle-class makeup that enabled it to gain power and eagerly sought members. As MacLean writes: “The order’s overlap with the mainstream made it possible to win the enthusiasm of men like Chester D. Morton, a local Mason, Shriner, Boy Scout leader, and member of the Booster Club and the board of stewards of the First Methodist Church” (

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Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page)

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