Klan Claims Increasing Membership While Touting Image Overhaul. / Joey Bunch.
by Bunch, Joey; SIRS Publishing, Inc.
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BookSeries: SIRS Enduring Issues 2003Article 32Human Relations. Publisher: KRT News Service, 2002ISSN: 1522-3248;.Subject(s): Immigrants -- Attitudes toward | Ku Klux Klan | Racism | United States -- Social conditions | MississippiDDC classification: 050 Summary: "Civil libertarians say hate groups are on the rise, with a 12 percent increase in new chapters between this year [2002] and last. One branch of the Ku Klux Klan contends its membership is growing because of the suspicion and cynicism toward immigrants and foreign visitors since Sept. 11 [2001]....Today the Klan is trying to repackage itself as a family-oriented organization that favors the Bible over bullets and the ballot box over burning crosses." (SUN HERALD) This article examines the resurgence of the Ku Klux Klan as it tries to remold its image and recruit new members.------Summary: "The Ku Klux Klan is a mere shadow of its former self, even in Mississippi, a state with a history of racial violence...The Klan has high hopes of regaining power in mainstream politics and culture." (SUN HERALD) This article examines the current and past hisotry of the Ku Klux Klan in Mississippi and includes sa discussion with current Klan leader Ricky Draper.
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Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2003.
Originally Published: Klan Claims Increasing Membership While Touting Image Overhaul, June 12, 2002; pp. n.p..
Originally Published: Klan Hopes to Maintain Long Political History in Mississippi, June 12, 2002; pp. n.p..
"Civil libertarians say hate groups are on the rise, with a 12 percent increase in new chapters between this year [2002] and last. One branch of the Ku Klux Klan contends its membership is growing because of the suspicion and cynicism toward immigrants and foreign visitors since Sept. 11 [2001]....Today the Klan is trying to repackage itself as a family-oriented organization that favors the Bible over bullets and the ballot box over burning crosses." (SUN HERALD) This article examines the resurgence of the Ku Klux Klan as it tries to remold its image and recruit new members.------
"The Ku Klux Klan is a mere shadow of its former self, even in Mississippi, a state with a history of racial violence...The Klan has high hopes of regaining power in mainstream politics and culture." (SUN HERALD) This article examines the current and past hisotry of the Ku Klux Klan in Mississippi and includes sa discussion with current Klan leader Ricky Draper.
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