Midnight Rangers: Costume and Performance in the Reconstruction-Era Ku Klux Klan

Popular entertainment shaped Reconstruction-era Ku Klux Klan terror and its meaning for Klansmen, their victims, and witnesses. Rather than presenting themselves as silent ghostly figures in white robes, many Klansmen committed atrocities while wearing bizarre costumes such as masquerade disguises,...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Journal of American history (Bloomington, Ind.) Ind.), 2005-12, Vol.92 (3), p.811-836
1. Verfasser:	Parsons, Elaine Frantz
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	African American culture African Americans Atrocities Carnivals Dresses Mardi Gras Minstrels Racial discrimination Racism Reconstruction period-US Secret societies Sexual violence Theatrical costumes United States history White people White supremacy
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