Black Resistance to the Ku Klux Klan in the Wake of Civil War

by Kwando Mbiassi Kinshasa

Book Overview

The end of the Civil War left a fearful and resentful South struggling to understand the changes the war had wrought. Those seeking a focus for their anger quickly turned on recently emancipated blacks. Chief among them was the newly formed Ku Klux Klan.

Some of those targeted by the Klan's murderous activities turned to armed resistance and retaliation as their only resort.

This volume examines the actions of the Ku Klux Klan between...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786441003
• ISBN13: 9780786441006
• Release Date: October 2008
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 262 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.9" x 9.8"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher