White Robes, Silver Screens

Movies and the Making of the Ku Klux Klan

2015 INDIES Winner
Honorable Mention, Performing Arts & Music (Adult Nonfiction)
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By examining rich archival materials including a film series produced by the Klan and a wealth of documents, newspaper clippings, and manuals, Rice uncovers the fraught history of the Klan as a local force that manipulated the American film industry to extend its reach across the country.