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Description

1. 247 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations; 23 cm

Summary

1. "Selling Hate is a fascinating and powerful story about the power of a southern PR firm to further the Ku Klux Klan's agenda. Dale W. Laackman uncovers never-before-published archival material, census records, and obscure books and letters to tell the story of an emerging communications industry filled with potential and fraught with peril. The brilliant, amoral, and spectacularly bold Bessie Tyler and Edward Young Clarke--together, the Southern Publicity Association--met the fervent William Joseph Simmons, founder of the second KKK, saw an opportunity, and played on his many weaknesses. It was the volatile, precarious terrain of post-World War I America. Tyler and Clarke took Simmons's dying and broke KKK, with its two thousand to three thousand associates in Georgia and Alabama, and in a few short years swelled its membership to nearly five million, with chapters in every state of the union. Even to modern sensibilities, the extent of Tyler and Clarke's scheme is shocking: the limitlessness of their audacity; the full-scale and ongoing con of Simmons; the size of the personal fortunes they earned, amassed, stole in the process; and just how easily and expertly they exploited the particular fears and prejudices of every corner of America. You will recognize in this pair a very American sense of showmanship and an accepted, even celebrated, brash entrepreneurial hustle. And, as their story winds down, the tainted and ultimately ineffectual congressional hearings into the Klan's monumental growth."--Back cover.

Uniform title

1. For the kingdom and the power

Alternative title

1. For the kingdom and the power

Subject

1. Tyler, Elizabeth, 1881-1924
2. Clarke, Edward Young, 1877-
3. Ku Klux Klan (1915- ) > Membership > History
4. Ku Klux Klan (1915- )
5. 1900-1999
6. Swindlers and swindling > United States
7. Advertising executives > United States
8. Racism > United States > 20th century
9. Advertising executives
10. Membership requirements
11. Race relations
12. Racism
13. Swindlers and swindling
14. United States > Race relations > 20th century
15. United States

Genre/Form

1. History.

Contents

1. Introduction -- Prologue -- True believer -- Flim-flam man -- On her own -- An association -- Contract with the devil -- Fertile ground -- Power play -- The whistle -- The World -- Damage control -- Shock waves -- Flight -- End game -- Epilogue.

Call number

1. Sc E 21-1051

Note

1. First edition published in 2014 by S. Woodhouse Books as: For the kingdom and the power : the big money swindle that spread hate across America.

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-237) and index.

Author

1. Laackman, Dale W., author.

Title

1. Selling hate : marketing the Ku Klux Klan / Dale W. Laackman.

Publisher

1. Athens, Georgia : University of Georgia Press, [2020]

Copyright date

1. ©2020

Edition

1. [Second edition].

Type of content

1. text

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-237) and index.

Local note

1. ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN 2014 AS: FOR THE KINGDOM AND THE POWER: THE BIG MONEY SWINDLE THAT SPREAD...

Chronological term

1. 1900-1999

LCCN

1. 2020936897

ISBN

1. 9780820358093 paperback
2. 0820358096 paperback

Research call number

1. Sc E 21-1051