Citizen Klansmen

Indiana had the largest and most politically significant state organization in the massive national Ku Klux Klan movement of the 1920s. Using a unique set of Klan membership documents, quantitative analysis, and a variety of other sources, Leonard Moore provides a comprehensive analysis of the group's statewide membership patterns. Challenging traditional assumptions about the movement, Moore explores the reasons for the Klan's enormous popularity in Indiana and examines the social forces that led to its domination of state and local politics.