The Ku Klux Klan: Terror in the South (Part 2)
3/26/20261 hr 11 min
How and why did the terrible violence of the Ku Klux Klan escalate? What was the political context in America for their rising popularity? And, how was this first iteration of the Klan finally brought down?
Join Dominic and Tom as they discuss American politics after the Civil War, the growing popularity of the Ku Klux Klan in the American south and their increasingly barbaric treatment of freedmen, as well as their final destruction…
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First 90 secondsTom Holland· Host0:00
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Dominic Sandbrook· Host0:07
Now, Tom, you and I, when we're together, we always argue about one thing, don't we? It's the existence or otherwise of the Loch Ness Monster. But you foolishly are skeptical, and you don't think that there is a monster, um, beneath the freezing waters of that Scottish loch.
Tom Holland· Host0:22
Because as I know from AI, a plesiosaur would not be able to survive in Scottish waters because they'd just be too cold for it.
Dominic Sandbrook· Host0:29
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Tom Holland· Host0:35
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Dominic Sandbrook· Host0:55
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