Book Traces Klan's Quiet Years

October 1, 1999
Book Traces Klanís Quiet Years
Despite its reputation for single-minded hatred of blacks, the Ku Klux Klan in Alabama actually focused its hate on many targets, ranging from blacks to Catholics to women alleged to have loose morals, according to a new book by Glenn Feldman, Ph.D., assistant professor in the UAB Center for Labor Education and Research (CLEAR). ìPolitics, Society, and the Klan in Alabama 1915-1949î traces the twisted evolution of Americaís premier racist organization during a period when many believe the Klan had died out. ìA small core of determined right-wing Klan members remained active from 1930 to 1954. Their targets were Alabamaís Communists, liberals, unionists, and blacks. KKK victims continued to be outsiders at odds with Alabamaís dominant culture, whether racially, religiously, politically, economically or morally.î Call Feldman at 205-934-2101, or e-mail [email protected].