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The Klan Unmasked © 1954 I Rode with the Ku Klux Klan Arco (London), l954 Morgan (Paris) 1958 University of Florida Press, l990 Talking Books, St. Augustine, 2010 University of Alabama Press, 2010 (Also in l7 foreign language editions.) In a fast-paced narrative that both repels and fascinates, Kennedy reveals the inner workings of the KKK from the perspective of an undercover agent in the post World War II era. This riveting book exposes and informs of his the work he and his partner (J. Brown) did fighting and exposing racism, terrorism and fascism in our own back yards! Fast-paced and suspenseful, The Klan Unmasked is a gripping mix of eyewitness reports of Klan activities.
The book is full of accounts of Kennedy and his Klan infiltrating colleague John Brown, about clandestine information gathering and of their efforts to protect people from being tortured, intimidated and murdered. The book also reveals Kennedy's efforts to report his findings to the media and to any law enforcement agencies that would listen. For a time in the 1940s, Washington news commentator Drew Pearson was reading Klan meeting minutes on national radio. In fact the popular national radio broadcast, Superman had America’s kids sharing the most current secretive Ku Klux Klan passwords as fast as the KKK Grand Dragon could create them. Kennedy also relays experiences of working against other similar racial hate mongering groups, such as The Colombians in Florida, who had Nazi leaders perpetrating anti-Negro, anti-Catholic and anti-Semitic sentiments.
As a result of Kennedy's daring exposure of the Klan and other like minded hate organizations, Kennedy has faced numerous threats to his life and property. The Klan Unmasked is an eye-opener into the devilish machinations of the KKK. Instead of sermonizing about the issue, Kennedy takes a very daring and practical approach and enthralls the readers with Klan-busting adventures.
His work portrays the dangers of falling into the vicious business of hate-mongering very effectively and makes the reader think very hard about racial and social problems currently facing American society.
Half Martin Luther King Jr, half James Bond? That how Stetson Kennedy tells it anyway. It's a fascinating read about a journalist who was sick and tired of of the KKK spreading its reach while government agencies sat idly.
He took up the mantle himself by lambasting them in print, then getting his hands dirty by infiltrating under a fake name. He tells of learning the secret rituals and passwords and befriending the worst of the worst. He mentions the dozen or so times when things got bad and Half Martin Luther King Jr, half James Bond? That how Stetson Kennedy tells it anyway. It's a fascinating read about a journalist who was sick and tired of of the KKK spreading its reach while government agencies sat idly. He took up the mantle himself by lambasting them in print, then getting his hands dirty by infiltrating under a fake name. He tells of learning the secret rituals and passwords and befriending the worst of the worst.
He mentions the dozen or so times when things got bad and he was almost smoked out and put in a pine box. There are so many close calls it feels more like a comic book (as another reviewer pointed out) than a staid, non-fiction narrative. On this count, it does feel almost 'too good to be true', near sensationalism.
BUT, the book still has GREAT value in bringing out all the gory, disgusting details of how widespread and organized the official hate groups were after world war II and several decades after. I had never heard of the Columbians and I hadn't appreciated how deeply the Klan had their filthy hands into law enforcement and politics. It was a very helpful read to bring back to life all those horrible (yet common) things that minorities had to deal with in the south, just a generation or two ago. It was a different time, in that the Klan operated openly (at least in some arenas). The public message of the Klan after WWII did not differ from the opinions of a large minority of Americans at the time. However, they had a darker side, one that I think most people knew about, but none could pin on them.
That is why Kennedy's work was so instrumental in the fight against the post WWII Klan. He got inside, and showed that the hatred preached as white supremacy actually was based on violence and It was a different time, in that the Klan operated openly (at least in some arenas). The public message of the Klan after WWII did not differ from the opinions of a large minority of Americans at the time. However, they had a darker side, one that I think most people knew about, but none could pin on them.
That is why Kennedy's work was so instrumental in the fight against the post WWII Klan. He got inside, and showed that the hatred preached as white supremacy actually was based on violence and murder. He also showed that the Klan had infiltrated and corrupted large numbers of sheriff's offices, police departments and other organs of government across not only the south, but the north as well. Kennedy's message is that the Klan needs to be constantly exposed, as it operates in the dark. This book is an amazing read, and I recommend it to anybody who likes spy fiction, thrillers, or history.
Kennedy went undercover with the Klan during the 1950s. His courage to do so was amazing, particularly given the web of law enforcement, politicians, and federal agents who were Klan members.
I was surprised by how freely he would walk into, say, an FBI office, and announce that he had infiltrated the local Klan under the name of John Perkins, and then walk out. Why was he so free with his secret identity?
How could that work? The book reads pretty sensationally, almost like a comic book. That pl Kennedy went undercover with the Klan during the 1950s. His courage to do so was amazing, particularly given the web of law enforcement, politicians, and federal agents who were Klan members. I was surprised by how freely he would walk into, say, an FBI office, and announce that he had infiltrated the local Klan under the name of John Perkins, and then walk out.
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Why was he so free with his secret identity? How could that work? The book reads pretty sensationally, almost like a comic book. That plus the hate spewed by Klan members, and their casual violence, makes it hard to read.
I made it through the first third and then skipped to the end. Kennedy's brilliance, though, was in making the Klan ridiculous, exposing their secret passwords and rituals to make them seem like an overgrown boys' club. A nasty and dangerous one, but silly. At one point he had the writers of the Superman radio show include all the Klan's passwords in episodes about Klan-busting.
Kennedy claims that President Harding had been inducted into the Klan, and that Eisenhower was pro-segregation. At the end of the book he includes some Klan-fighting tips (such as investigate their charter and tax status) and laments that many people in 1990, when the book was reissued, no longer saw the Klan as a threat. He thinks they're more of a threat, especially as they ally with neoNazi groups. I heard a bit of an with Kennedy on NPR several years ago, an interview which was replayed this past August when he died. Stetson kennedy tells an incredible story of essentially infiltrating the KKK in the deep south - Atlanta - and learning some of their secrets, patterns, traditions, etc. With a goal toward exposing them. In the book, he describes how when he was young his African-American nanny was one day beat up by some white men for being in the wrong place.
This experience had a profound experience on Kennedy, who was raised without prejudice. His book is sometimes clouded by his own frustrations that the FBI Stetson kennedy tells an incredible story of essentially infiltrating the KKK in the deep south - Atlanta - and learning some of their secrets, patterns, traditions, etc. With a goal toward exposing them. In the book, he describes how when he was young his African-American nanny was one day beat up by some white men for being in the wrong place.
This experience had a profound experience on Kennedy, who was raised without prejudice. His book is sometimes clouded by his own frustrations that the FBI did not do more to respond to his phone calls and messages about what he had discovered. Some portions of the story are very dramatic, as when he describes riding in a car along with a bunch of racists KKK'ers and they knock an African American farmer into a ditch and kill his donkey, or simply drive their car over a young black man, crushing him instantly. These indiscriminate acts of violence are a reminder of how awful prejudice is and how much courage it took for him to immerse himself in this world in an effort to make things right.
The author isn't the most sophisticated writer, but the book details his experiences investigating the Klan. This guy was one of the bravest individuals I've ever read about. His efforts to expose the Klan's horrible deeds were unbelievable. I know there's been some question of the accuracy of his reports, but personally I believe the majority of what he wrote in this book. He was determined to bring down the KKK, and if the FBI and politicians weren't so corrupt during that time, he probably wo The author isn't the most sophisticated writer, but the book details his experiences investigating the Klan. This guy was one of the bravest individuals I've ever read about.
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His efforts to expose the Klan's horrible deeds were unbelievable. I know there's been some question of the accuracy of his reports, but personally I believe the majority of what he wrote in this book. He was determined to bring down the KKK, and if the FBI and politicians weren't so corrupt during that time, he probably would have been able to make an even bigger contribution. We will always need to be wary of those in power.
In the 1940s, folklorist Stetson Kennedy went undercover in the KKK and other hate groups in order to document and expose their secrets. When he realized that law enforcement didn't really care, he funneled the information he was collecting to, among others, the Superman radio show. The exposure was credited with breaking the Klan in Georgia. It turns out that portions of Kennedy's work may be a bit exaggerated (or just plain made-up), but it's such an interesting piece of history that you can't In the 1940s, folklorist Stetson Kennedy went undercover in the KKK and other hate groups in order to document and expose their secrets.
When he realized that law enforcement didn't really care, he funneled the information he was collecting to, among others, the Superman radio show. The exposure was credited with breaking the Klan in Georgia. It turns out that portions of Kennedy's work may be a bit exaggerated (or just plain made-up), but it's such an interesting piece of history that you can't help but be completely taken in by his story.
. Ku Klux Klan Unmasked A number of expose`s were printed on the activities of the Ku Klux Klan against Blacks, Catholics, Jews and other minorities. In the early 1920's, the organization had a membership of close to 5 million. After receiving extensive publicity, the Grand Dragon was eventually indicted for murder, and membership dropped to 9,000 by 1930. The Ku Klux Klan, which had initially been formed in the South following the Civil War, exhibited a complete rebirth in the new century. While still virulently anti-black, its new targets were Catholics and all immigrants. Its broadest base of support was in the Midwest, where the Grand Dragon was David Stephenson.
The Klan's tools of intimidation were church burnings, lynchings, mutilations and whippings. Its political strength grew to the point that in Colorado, the governor, as well as a good part of the legislature, was beholden to the Klan. On August 8, 1925, 50,000 Klansmen marched down Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C. The Klan declined very rapidly, however, when, in 1925, Stephenson was convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison.
'Back in the forties, when the going was very, very rough, Stetson Kennedy was working with me and our Atlanta office, and he infiltrated not just one, but many Klans.' -Arnold Forster, general counsel, Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith Back in the forties, when the going was very, very rough, Stetson Kennedy was working with me and our Atlanta office, and he infiltrated not just one, but many Klans.Arnold Forster, general counsel, Anti-Defamation League of B naiB rith' Normal0falsefalsefalseMicrosoftInternetExplorer4'S tetson Kennedy is our Nation's No. 1 Klan-buster. He has done a painstaking and patriotic job in exposing the KKK. Everyone interested in the future of America should read his book.' -Drew Pearson, Washington Merry-Go-Round 'Stetson Kennedy's infiltration and exposure was the greatest single factor in curbing the growth of the post WW II Klan.'
-Wynn Craig Wade, The Fiery Cross 'S tetson Kennedy is our Nation's No. 1 Klan-buster.
He has done a painstaking and patriotic job in exposing the KKK. Everyone interested in the future of America should read his book.' -Drew Pearson, Washington Merry-Go-Round Stetson Kennedy s infiltration and exposure was the greatest single factor in curbing the growth of the post WW II Klan.Wynn Craig Wade, The Fiery Cross' 'S tetson Kennedy is our Nation s No. 1 Klan-buster.He has done a painstaking and patriotic job in exposing the KKK.Everyone interested in the future of America should read his book.Drew Pearson, Washington Merry-Go-Round ' Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 'S tetson Kennedy is our Nation's No. 1 Klan-buster. He has done a painstaking and patriotic job in exposing the KKK. Everyone interested in the future of America should read his book.'
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