Ku Klux Klan

The Birth of a Nation  (1915)

“The Birth of a Nation” was the first major motion picture and is both famous and infamous.  It was directed by D.W. Griffith. The cinematography is astounding. The film features “panoramic long shots, iris effects, still shots, night photography, panning shots, and color tinting”.  The burning of Atlanta has surreal Read more

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KLAN INFILTRATOR

                Stetson Kennedy loved Southern and African-American folklore from childhood.  When he turned 21, he got a job working for the Works Progress Administration.  He headed the Florida Writers’ Project.  It collected folklore and oral histories of African-Americans.  After WWII, he became interested in civil rights.  Since he was unable Read more

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