KKK In America

2 Pages 472 Words

Thesis:


Mr. Wade’s book is a survey of the history of the Ku Klux Klan in America. Although it is a survey book, Wade points out the atrocities of the Ku Klux Klan in its rise to power and their tactics of gaining power in the local community.
Wade also describes the Ku Klux Klan’s founding, rise to power, decline and resurggence. On such a controversial subject, Wade takes no postion either way in the book, he simply portrays the facts.


Contents:


Wade’s table of contents contains several important events concerning the Ku Klux Klan. He has 7 different sections in his book: General Information, Founding Fathers and their reasons for founding, Rise to Power, The Peak Years, The Decline, Resurgence and The Future of the Ku Klux Klan.


Methodology:


Wade uses several different ways of conveying his story other than text. Wade uses many different pictures of things concerning the Ku Klux Klan. Some of the pictures are of Ku Klux Klan rallies, important figure heads including their founders. There are also pictures of the Ku Klux Klan’s crimes against minorities and people that opposed them. There are also pictures and examples of literature and propaganda that the Ku Klux Klan put out to gain support and possibly gain membership.
Also Wade shows pictures of the Ku Klux Klan’s opponents and their own rallies protesting their actions. There are also examples of their opponents literature that they used to bring them down.
Wade also uses newspaper articles to show the differences of opinion from the Southern state from the Northern States.


Summary:


As stated earlier Wade’s book is a survey of the history of the Ku Klux Klan in America. Wade’s booke discusses several events in the history of the Ku Klux Klan such as their rise to power in the late 19th century, and their peak in the early part of the 20th century, and their decline then resurgence.
Wade also discusses t...