The Ku Klux Klan and Freemasonry in 1920s America: Fighting Fraternities
In: Routledge Studies in Fascism and the Far Right Ser
Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Notes -- 1 Klanishness: brotherhood in the Invisible Empire -- The golden age of fraternity and the Roaring Twenties -- The Ku Klux Klan's role as a fraternity -- The Ku Klux Klan, fraternalism and militancy -- Notes -- 2 Freemasonry's fighting brother: militancy, fraternalism and the Ku Klux Klan -- The origins of the militant Masonic movement -- The Fellowship Forum and militant Protestant fraternalism -- "Whoring after the false gods" of Ku Kluxism -- Notes -- 3 Kluxing America: the use and abuse of the Masonic reputation -- Opposition to the Ku Klux Klan and secrecy in 1920s America -- Claiming links between the Klan and the Craft -- Appealing to Freemasons -- Notes -- 4 Hate at 10 a package: selling the Invisible Empire -- Edward Young Clarke and his kleagles -- Recruiting in Masonic lodges -- The role of the Propagation Department -- Notes -- 5 Hooded Freemasons: dual membership and conflict in local lodges -- Reports of the shared membership of the two fraternities -- Estimating the levels of dual membership -- Effects of dual membership in individual lodges -- Notes -- 6 Dallas Klan No. 66 and Anaheim Lodge No. 207: a case study of two communities -- The Ku Klux Klan in Dallas -- The Ku Klux Klan in Anaheim -- Comparing Anaheim and Dallas -- Notes -- 7 Friend or foe? Grand Masters' responses to the Ku Klux Klan -- Grand Masters' responses to the Ku Klux Klan -- Conflicting portrayals of the Ku Klux Klan -- Challenging the Klan's narrative -- Notes -- 8 The collapse of the Second Ku Klux Klan -- Notes -- Conclusion - an "Invisible" Empire? -- Notes -- Glossary -- Ku Klux Klan terms -- Masonic terms -- Index