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KU KLUX KLAN

ITS ORIGIN, GROWTH AND
DISBANDMENT

BY

J.C. LESTER AND D.L. WILSON

WITH
APPENDICES CONTAINING THE PRESCRIPTS
OF THE KU KLUX KLAN, SPECIMEN
ORDERS AND WARNINGS

WITH
INTRODUCTION AND NOTES
BY
WALTER L. FLEMING, PH. D.

_Professor of History in West Virginia University; Author
of "Civil War and Reconstruction in Alabama."_

NOTE OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT.

Assistance was given to me while searching for information in regard to Ku Klux Klan, by many former members of the order, and by their friends and relatives. Of especial value were the details given to me by Major James R. Crowe, of Sheffield, Alabama; the late Ryland Randolph, Esq., and his son, Ryland Randolph, Jr., of Birmingham, Alabama; Judge Z.T. Ewing, of Pulaski, Tennessee; Miss Cora R. Jones, of Birmingham, Alabama, niece of one of the founders of the Klan; Mr. Lacy H. Wilson, of Bristol, Tennessee, the son of one of the authors of the History printed within, Major S.A. Cunningham and Mr. A.V. Goodpasture, of Nashville, and Dr. John A. Wyeth, of New York City.

There is still much that is obscure about Ku Klux Klan and I shall be glad to obtain additional information in regard to the order, and also to receive notice of mistakes and errors in this account.

W.L.F.

CONTENTS

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INTRODUCTION. BY WALTER L. FLEMING. 13

KU KLUX KLAN.

BY J.C. LESTER AND D.L. WILSON.

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Chapter I. The Origin 47

Chapter II. The Spread of the Klan 68

Chapter III. The Transformation 83

Chapter IV. The Decline 100