| Author | Brooks, Michael E., author.
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| Title | The Ku Klux Klan in Wood County, Ohio / Michael E. Brooks.
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| Published | Charleston, SC : The History Press, 2014.
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| Description | 169 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
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| ISBN | 9781626193345 (paperback) |
| ISBN | 1626193347 (paperback) |
| Bib. Note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-165) and index.
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| Summary Note | Summary: "The Ku Klux Klan emerged in Wood County, Ohio, in late 1922, and at itspeak, the white supremacist group numbered nearly 1,400 members in the county.Klan members occupied many municipal and county-elected positions, and nearly40 percent of the Protestant ministers of Wood County joined the group in the1920s. The Klan engaged in cross burnings, public marches and vigilanteactivities here during the 1920s and 1930s. Join author Michael Brooks as heexamines the unsettling history of the KKK in Wood County"--
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| Subjects | Hate groups -- Ohio -- Wood County -- History.
Ku Klux Klan (1915- ) -- Ohio -- Wood County -- History.
Racism -- Ohio -- Wood County -- History.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination & Race Relations.
Wood County (Ohio) -- Race relations -- History.
Wood County (Ohio) -- Social conditions.
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| Electronic Res. | Cover image http://www.booksonix.com/history-press-usa/9781626193345.jpg |
| LC Card Number | 2014-14397 |
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| | WRHS Research Library: HS 2330 K63 B873 2014
CA-1400957 c.1: LC class, closed stacks [status: NON-CIRCULATING] |
| [Record 43504] |
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