They came in the dead of night, marking the homes and businesses
of their enemies with crude symbols and dire warnings. They plotted
against those of other religious faiths and circulated secret lists
of alleged traitors to the community and nation. They mailed
anonymous threats to those who refused to be intimidated into
silence, all the while claiming that they were the true champions
of American justice and freedom. The above may seem an accurate
description of the sinister activities that distinguished the Ku
Klux Klan in the early twentieth century, but in Buffalo, New York,
and, in fact, throughout much of the northeastern United States,
such activities were as characteristic of the Klan's opponents as
of the hooded order itself. While the revived Klan of the 1920s--
the largest and most influential manifestation of organized
intolerance in American history--proceeded with relative impunity
in many locales, it encountered a very different situation in
Buffalo where powerful enemies opposed the organization at every
turn.
Shawn Lay here provides a riveting portrayal of how the Klan
established itself in Buffalo. Most chillingly, he explains how
otherwise ordinary, well-established citizens, caught up in a
complex set of circumstances, were persuaded to join a notorious
secret society that pandered to the darkest impulses in American
society.
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