The Ku Klux Klan: American Fascists (Part 4)
4/1/20261 hr 12 min
After resurrecting in 1915, how did the Ku Klux Klan make its move on the next major American election? What was the role of women in the Klan? And, would this violent organisation finally meet its reckoning?
Join Tom and Dominic as they reach the tragic climax of their exploration into the rise and fall of the Ku Klux Klan.
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First 90 secondsDominic Sandbrook· Host0:12
The Kokomo on which the sun rose on July 4th was not the same Kokomo on which the orb of day set at the close of America's one forty-seventh birthday. Kokomo had had an awakening, a spiritual awakening. It had witnessed the spectacle of 200,000 men and women filled with patriotism and love of country, one-fifth of a million men and women who by their attendance signified their belief in a living Christ and an open Bible, journey from points afar to be present at a vast meeting wherein there were to be no carnival features, sporting events, circus stunts, or spectacular events. It saw staunch American farmers with their wives, merchants of repute, bankers of integrity, honest and hardworking mechanics, doctors, and men of all professions, leaders in their communities, ministers, and devout church workers.