Project Gutenberg 2011-04-27 Public domain in the USA. 224 Cook, Ezra A. (Ezra Asher) 1841 1911 Cook, E. A. (Ezra Asher) Cook, Ezra Asher Ku Klux Klan Secrets Exposed Attitude toward Jews, Catholics, Foreigners and Masons. Fraudulent Methods Used. Atrocities Committed in Name of Order. Produced by Bryan Ness and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "Ku Klux Klan Secrets Exposed" by Ezra A. Cook is a historical account written in the early 20th century. The book aims to unravel the origins, operations, and ideologies of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK), specifically differentiating between the original group formed post-Civil War and the revival of the Klan in the 20th century. Cook explores the Klan's attitudes toward various social groups, including Jews, Catholics, foreigners, and African Americans, while detailing the methods employed by its members and the atrocities committed under its banner. The opening of the text establishes a clear contrast between the old and new Ku Klux Klan, explaining how the original group emerged as a lighthearted secret society among Southern youths before evolving into a more sinister entity that focused on maintaining racial hierarchy and implementing intimidation. The author emphasizes the Klan's transformation from a phenomenon of post-war social amusement into a militarized organization fueled by economic motives, rife with prejudice and violence. Cook provides context for understanding the Klan's motivations, such as societal discontent during Reconstruction, thereby setting the stage for investigating the order’s numerous ideologies and its consequences on American society. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Ku Klux Klan (19th century) E660 Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: History - American Browsing: Politics 168657 161703 2024-09-15T09:23:40.784857 2023-09-15T14:35:42.462385 text/html text/html 161476 2021-01-07T17:42:48 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 56104 2021-01-07T17:42:48 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 118970 2024-09-15T09:23:46.488816 application/epub+zip 118297 2024-09-15T09:23:42.546822 application/epub+zip 118297 2024-09-15T09:23:41.513821 application/epub+zip 276869 2024-09-15T09:23:49.426782 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 263025 2024-09-15T09:23:45.659828 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 171064 2022-09-16T12:43:33.124699 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 139490 139282 2024-09-15T09:23:40.031865 2023-09-15T14:35:41.978456 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 139418 2021-01-07T17:42:48 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 52118 2021-01-07T17:42:48 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 139415 2021-01-07T17:42:48 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 52102 2021-01-07T17:42:48 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20223 2024-09-15T09:23:49.567792 application/rdf+xml 16913 2024-09-15T09:23:41.879830 image/jpeg 4307 2024-09-15T09:23:41.692829 image/jpeg 111274 2024-09-15T09:23:40.798844 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog