The Ku Klux Klan's Campaign Against Hispanics, 1921-1925: Rhetoric, Violence and Response in the American Southwest

by Juan O. Sanchez

The Ku Klux Klan's persecution of Hispanics during the early 1920s was just as brutal as their terrorizing of the black community--a fact sparsely documented in historical texts. The KKK viewed Mexicans as subhuman foreigners supporting a Catholic conspiracy to subvert U.S. institutions and install the pope as leader of the nation, and mounted a campaign of intimidation and violence against them.

Drawing on numerous Spanish-language newspapers...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1476671133
• ISBN13: 9781476671130
• Release Date: July 2018
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 282 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 8.7"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher