The majority of the study of the Ku Klux Klan tends to focus on regions considered to be a part of the "Deep South". Traditionally, Florida is not considered to be a part of this region because of its reputation as a tropical, tourist destination. However, Florida shares many commonalities with the "Deep South" states; including the long established presence of the Ku Klux Klan within its borders. However, little is known about the full extent of Klan activity in Florida due to the secrecy of the organization. Nevertheless, the few documents that do exist concerning the Ku Klux Klan in Florida confirm that the organization was a prevalent force in the state's history. This study explores the Ku Klux Klan and their policing of the white community in Orange County, Florida post World War II The Ku Klux Klan is commonly known as a white supremacist organization that primarily targets non-white victims. However, the Ku Klux Klan also regulated Euro-Americans in Orange County based on principals of religion and morality. The history of the Ku Klux Klan explains why the organization targeted certain groups within society. The majority of the official records concerning the Klan's regulation of the white community in Orange County are limited to the FBI investigation of the death of Harry T. Moore in 1951. It is important to understand that the Ku Klux Klan is an integral part in the history of Central Florida despite the fact that Florida is not considered to be a part of the "Deep South". The presence of the Ku Klux Klan affected all members of the community. Realizing the role of the Ku Klux Klan in Central Florida post World War II helps to better understand that Florida, at one time, was a part of the ''Deep South".

Theses (M.A.)--Marshall University, 2007. / Title from document title page. Includes abstract. Document formatted into pages: contains v, 116 pages including illustrations. Includes bibliographical references (p. 104-116).

It is hypothesized that Rex Hopper's model for the development of a South American political revolution will apply equally to the development of a social movement which is not a South American political revolution, namely, the Ku Klux Klan. The general purpose of this study was to test the generalizability of Hopper's model.

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Thesis (M.A.)--Indiana University, 2008. / Department of History, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI). Advisor(s): Kevin C. Robbins. Includes vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 130-137).

The American movie industry did not have to develop into the Hollywood dream factory. There were educative, religious, explicitly political, and other non-commercial alternative arrangements to America’s film industry. These alternatives, along with principles such as film free speech and movie propaganda, had to be cast aside by the emerging moguls of Hollywood. Conflicts with the vanquished liquor industries, moral and economic regulatory concerns, Republican Party politics, and the resurgent Klan all shaped the classic Hollywood system from 1906 to 1927, a 20-year period in which the American film industry depoliticized the Hollywood movie screen, shedding its democratic and propagandistic definitions for the politics of publicity and entertainment as a service to Americans. Developments in this infant industry also shaped the broader trajectory of American consumer capitalism toward big producer control and the self-regulation of the industry’s social effects.

The Ku Klux Klan was a major force in American political and social life throughout the better part of the nineteen-twenties. This study examines the Klan, its growth, role, and demise with respect to the Commonwealth of Kentucky. It is largely the story of the Klans failure to develop successfully as it was inhibited by local political factors throughout the Commonwealth.

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This thesis has traces the legal encounters of a crusading newspaper editor by the name of George R. Dale in Muncie, Indiana, during the 1920's. The influence a revived Ku Klux Klan had upon the local courts was explored in detail. This study explored in depth the legal harassment suffered by one who challenged Klan supremacy in Indiana.Local court records were diligently researched in an attempt to properly analyze the charges of criminal libel, carrying a concealed weapon, violating the liquor laws held against the independent editor in the local circuit court. In addition, the work dealt specifically with the contempt citations received by the fiery newspaperman while defending the above mentioned charges. Moreover, the costly and tortuous course of appeal was discussed as most of these proceedings were appealed to the Indiana and United States Supreme Courts.Moreover, the latter portion of the paper attempts to predict the changes that might result in our Anglo-American system of jurisprudence as a result of this series of cases.

This thesis contains a descriptive study of antiCatholic/alien content in The Fiery Cross and Dawn. In addition, the paper includes a history of anti-Catholicism to put the study period into perspective and discusses the sociological reasons for the upsurge in anti-Catholicism during' the early 1900s.Not only was a list of traditional anti-Catholic/The so was a group of themes peculiar to the times, e. g., the massive immigration to the United States of unlettered foreigners, most of whom happened to be Catholic.Although slurs against Negroes were printed in Fiery Cross and Dawn, it is quite clear that both newspapers were predominantly vehicles for anti-Catholic/alien propaganda from 1922-1924.