The Resource Life of a Klansman : a family history in white supremacy, Edward Ball, (electronic resource)
Life of a Klansman : a family history in white supremacy, Edward Ball, (electronic resource)
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The item Life of a Klansman : a family history in white supremacy, Edward Ball, (electronic resource) represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Manchester City Library.
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- Summary
- Sifting through family lore about “our Klansman” as well as public and private records, Ball reconstructs the story of his great-great grandfather, Constant Lecorgne. A white French Creole, father of five, and working class ship carpenter, Lecorgne had a career in white terror of notable and bloody completeness: massacres, night riding, masked marches, street rampages?all part of a tireless effort that he and other Klansmen made to restore white power when it was threatened by the emancipation of four million enslaved African Americans. To offer a non-white view of the Ku-klux, Ball seeks out descendants of African Americans who were once victimized by “our Klansman” and his comrades, and shares their stories. For whites, to have a Klansman in the family tree is no rare thing: Demographic estimates suggest that fifty percent of whites in the United States have at least one ancestor who belonged to the Ku Klux Klan at some point in its history. That is, one-half of white Americans could write a Klan family memoir, if they wished -- Life of a Klansman offers a personal origin story of white supremacy. Ball?s family memoir traces the vines that have grown from militant roots in the Old South into the bitter fruit of the present, when whiteness is again a cause that can veer into hate and domestic terror
- Language
- eng
- Extent
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- 1 online resource
- 416 p.
- Note
- Electronic book
- Contents
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- Prologue: Our Klansman
- The Ku-Klux Act
- Grands blancs / Big Whites
- Tribes
- Introduction to an Atrocity
- White Terror
- Petits blancs / Little Whites
- Redemption
- Isbn
- 9780374720261
- Label
- Life of a Klansman : a family history in white supremacy
- Title
- Life of a Klansman
- Title remainder
- a family history in white supremacy
- Statement of responsibility
- Edward Ball
- Title variation
- Family history in white supremacy
- Subject
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- Electronic books
- Ku Klux Klan -- Biography
- Lecorgne family
- Lecorgne, Constant, 1832-1886
- New Orleans (La.) -- Biography
- New Orleans (La.) -- Race relations -- 19th century
- Biography
- Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) -- Louisiana | New Orleans
- White League (La.) -- Biography
- White supremacy movements -- Louisiana | New Orleans -- History -- 19th century
- Racism -- Louisiana | New Orleans -- History -- 19th century
- Creoles -- Louisiana -- History -- 19th century
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Sifting through family lore about “our Klansman” as well as public and private records, Ball reconstructs the story of his great-great grandfather, Constant Lecorgne. A white French Creole, father of five, and working class ship carpenter, Lecorgne had a career in white terror of notable and bloody completeness: massacres, night riding, masked marches, street rampages?all part of a tireless effort that he and other Klansmen made to restore white power when it was threatened by the emancipation of four million enslaved African Americans. To offer a non-white view of the Ku-klux, Ball seeks out descendants of African Americans who were once victimized by “our Klansman” and his comrades, and shares their stories. For whites, to have a Klansman in the family tree is no rare thing: Demographic estimates suggest that fifty percent of whites in the United States have at least one ancestor who belonged to the Ku Klux Klan at some point in its history. That is, one-half of white Americans could write a Klan family memoir, if they wished -- Life of a Klansman offers a personal origin story of white supremacy. Ball?s family memoir traces the vines that have grown from militant roots in the Old South into the bitter fruit of the present, when whiteness is again a cause that can veer into hate and domestic terror
- Biography type
- individual biography
- Cataloging source
- MnSpTMCL
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1958-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Ball, Edward
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- dictionaries
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- cloudLibrary
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Lecorgne, Constant
- Lecorgne family
- White League (La.)
- Ku Klux Klan
- Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
- Racism
- White supremacy movements
- Creoles
- New Orleans (La.)
- New Orleans (La.)
- Label
- Life of a Klansman : a family history in white supremacy, Edward Ball, (electronic resource)
- Link
- Note
- Electronic book
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Contents
- Prologue: Our Klansman -- The Ku-Klux Act -- Grands blancs / Big Whites -- Tribes -- Introduction to an Atrocity -- White Terror -- Petits blancs / Little Whites -- Redemption
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
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- 1 online resource
- 416 p.
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780374720261
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- z4bsyg9
- Reproduction note
- Electronic reproduction.
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
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- other
- remote
- System control number
- (MnSpTMCL)z4bsyg9
- System details
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- Format: Adobe EPUB
- Requires: cloudLibrary (file size: 51.1 MB)
- Label
- Life of a Klansman : a family history in white supremacy, Edward Ball, (electronic resource)
- Link
- Note
- Electronic book
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Contents
- Prologue: Our Klansman -- The Ku-Klux Act -- Grands blancs / Big Whites -- Tribes -- Introduction to an Atrocity -- White Terror -- Petits blancs / Little Whites -- Redemption
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
-
- 1 online resource
- 416 p.
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780374720261
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- z4bsyg9
- Reproduction note
- Electronic reproduction.
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
-
- other
- remote
- System control number
- (MnSpTMCL)z4bsyg9
- System details
-
- Format: Adobe EPUB
- Requires: cloudLibrary (file size: 51.1 MB)
Subject
- Electronic books
- Ku Klux Klan -- Biography
- Lecorgne family
- Lecorgne, Constant, 1832-1886
- New Orleans (La.) -- Biography
- New Orleans (La.) -- Race relations -- 19th century
- Biography
- Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) -- Louisiana | New Orleans
- White League (La.) -- Biography
- White supremacy movements -- Louisiana | New Orleans -- History -- 19th century
- Racism -- Louisiana | New Orleans -- History -- 19th century
- Creoles -- Louisiana -- History -- 19th century
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