Invisible empire: the Ku Klux Klan in Florida, The

Publication

Jacksonville History Center

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

Library.1060

Description

xiii, 260 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. Invisible empire: the Ku Klux Klan in Florida by Michael Newton. Includes bibliographical references and index. Duval County Violence: p.153-155 (Mayor H. Burns and Southern Conference on Bombing, 157 (ax-handle Saturday), 172-174) This text charts 130 years of Ku Klux Klan activity in Florida, one of the Klan's most violent realms. It begins with the chaotic days of Reconstruction, when Klansmen killed more than 150 victims in a single county, and goes on to describe the Klan's influence on politics and law enforcement. Contents: Introduction: "Good Ole Rebels" (1865-67) -- Reconstruction and Redemption (1867-82) --The Klan's Golden Age (1915-29) --The Klan in Depression and War (1930-44) -- The Postwar Decade (1944-54) --The Second Reconstruction (1954-66) -- Retrenchment and Resistance (1966-99) -- Conclusion: "Yesterday, Today, Forever"

Collection

Library

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

Ku Klux Klan (1915- ) -- Florida -- History., Florida -- Race relations -- History., Ku Klux Klan (1915- ) -- Florida -- Jacksonville -- History., Ax Handle Saturday, Jacksonville, Fla., 1960.

Publication Details

Author

Newton, Michael, 1951 -

Publisher

University Press of Florida

Place Published

* Untyped Place Published

Gainesville, FL

Publication Language

English

Call No.

HS 2330 .K63 N485 2001

ISBN

0813021200

LCCN

2001034787