Chapter II: Preface: iii

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I. INTRODUCTION 1

II. JOINING THE KU KLUX KLAN 12

III. MY WITHDRAWAL 17

IV. WHAT IS THE "INVISIBLE EMPIRE?" 31

V. PROPAGATION NEWS-LETTERS 52

VI. THE KU KLUX OATH 66

VII. THE KU KLUX RITUAL 82

VIII. ANTI-NEGRO PROPAGANDA 94

IX. RELIGIOUS PROPAGANDA 107

X. THE ORIGINAL KU KLUX KLAN 121

XI. THE PRESCRIPT OF THE OLD KLAN 138

XII. COMPARISON OF OLD AND NEW KLANS 163

XIII. LAWLESSNESS AND CRIME 180

XIV. SIMMONS FORCED TO ACT 196

XV. SUGGESTED LEGAL REMEDIES 211

XVI. THE "WORLD'S" EXPOSURE 223

XVII. THE KLAN BEFORE CONGRESS 234

XVIII. CONCLUSION 251

THE MODERN KU KLUX KLAN