Ten dollars to hate: the Texas man who fought the Klan
In: Sam Rayburn series on rural life Number twenty-three
Introduction -- "The worst beat-up man": the whipping of R.W. Burleson -- "A pious, prissy-walking, big man": the awakening of the second Ku Klux Klan -- "Every man who had the instincts of a cheat, a spy, a coward and a cad": the Klan explodes -- "Fearless as a lion and honest as God's sunshine": Dan Moody-the early years -- "So silent it seemed like death": the Klan comes to Texas and expands beyond -- "It just broke his heart": beyond violence-the Klan's more insidious damage -- "Boys, you'd better disband": a few voices speak out; opposition grows -- "Our boys who sleep": opposition to the Klan intensifies -- "Think Klan victims crushed by tractor": the atrocity of Mer Rouge-efforts to punish the Klan -- "One of the sharpest legal battles on record in this court": the Klan on trial -- Epilogue 1. "Texas has been fortunate to have such a man": the aftermath for Dan Moody -- Epilogue 2. "An affidavit to say you never belonged": the aftermath for the Ku Klux Klan.