Includes bibliographical references (p. 162-168) and index.
Contents:
A note to the reader -- "Bottom rail top" -- "Boys, let us get up a club" -- "I was killed at Chickamauga" -- "Worms would have been eating me now -- "They say a man ought not to vote" -- "I am going to die on this land" -- "A whole race trying to go to school" -- "They must have somebody to guide them" -- "Forced by force, to use force" -- "The sacredness of the human person" -- Epilogue : "it tuck a long time" -- Civil rights time line.
Summary:
Documents the history and origin of the Ku Klux Klan from its beginning in Pulaski, Tennessee, and provides personal accounts, congressional documents, diaries, and more.
Indexed by:
Wilson's Senior High School, October 2011 Wilson's Junior High School, September 2011 School Library Journal starred, August 2010 Notable/Best Books (A.L.A.), January 2011 Book Links (A.L.A.), January 2011 Booklist starred, August 2010 Horn Book Starred, September 2010 Pub Weekly, July 2010 Kirkus Starred, June 2010 Horn Book, May 2011 Wilson's Senior High School Wilson's Junior High School School Library Journal starred
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