ITS ORIGIN, GROWTH AND DISBANDMENT
Reading edition
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
INTRODUCTION.
BY WALTER L. FLEMING.
PAGE
13
KU KLUX KLAN.
BY J.C. LESTER AND D.L. WILSON.
Chapter I. The Origin 47
Chapter II. The Spread of the Klan 68
Chapter III. The Transformation 83
Chapter IV. The Decline 100
Chapter V. Disbandment 125
APPENDICES.
Appendix I. Prescript of Ku Klux Klan 133
Appendix II. Revised and Amended Prescript of Ku Klux Klan 151
Appendix III. Constitution of a Local Order 177
Appendix IV. Ku Klux Orders, Warnings, and Oaths 187
Index 199