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The belief that reconstruction Klans burned crosses was introduced by Thomas Dixon Jr., in his novel The Clansman: A Historical Romance of the Ku Klux Klan (1905). A cross burning is first described in Book IV Chapter 2 "The Fiery Cross" on pages 324–326 of the 1905 edition.
The Fiery Cross was published by the United Klans of America, a white-supremacist group headquartered in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, [1] mainly to attract the attention of "on-the-low" Whites, allowing them to be connected with the Klan without fear of others knowing they themselves are members. [2]
Forward from KKK Imperial Wizard Dr. Hiram Wesley Evans. Heroes of the Fiery Cross is a book published in 1928 by Protestant Bishop Alma Bridwell White, in which she praises and portrays the Ku Klux Klan as a heroic force while "sounding the alarm about imagined threats to Protestant Americans from Catholics and Jews", according to author Peter Knight. [1]
Superman Smashes the Klan is loosely based on a 16-part episode story-arc, "Clan of the Fiery Cross", from the radio serial Adventures of Superman which ran from June to July 1946. [ 3 ] [ 6 ] [ 8 ] In the radio serial, "Superman exposed Ku Klux Klan codewords, rituals, and its bigotry—all based on intel collected by activist Stetson Kennedy ...
The Ku Klux Klan (/ ... In Germany, a KKK-related group, Ritter des Feurigen Kreuzes ("Knights of the Fiery Cross"), was established in 1925 by returning naturalized ...
A year later, in 1925, the first junior KKK club in California was established at Fresno High, and Fresno Technical High School. Dr. Patrick Fontes is a professor of American history in Fresno.
Donald Trump’s mass pardon of 1,500 January 6 participants, including the leaders of the Oath Keepers and the Proud Boys, has reinvigorated a weakened U.S. militia movement and empowered white ...
The Knights of the Flaming Circle was a militant organization founded in 1923 to fight the anti-Catholic Ku Klux Klan. [1] They were part of an opposition that included politicians, labor leaders and immigrant groups. [2] Membership was open to anyone who opposed the KKK and was "not a Protestant". [3]