![]() ![]() Hence, the private and public worlds of the Klan were intertwined. Smith makes it clear that the reason the Klan was able to exist was because of the support it received from those ordinary whites who were willing to turn over their homes to the organization for meetings, to create’ Klan wear (sheets with holes) and to filter their message of hate to children. But the author correctly contends that because many of these women supported racist Klan activity, they should not only be seen as victims but partners in the goal of maintaining white supremacy. ![]() We learn that in the violent world of the Klan, men beat their wives with impunity in order to sustain white male supremacy. Although young Elizabeth Cobbs did well in high school, her parents denied her the opportunity to attend college, arguing that the household was the proper arena for women. By the 1950s, Birmingham Klan members moved from assaulting and killing individuals to attacking Black institutions and organizations, as well as Jewish temples, holding to the same political objective - the subjugation of African Americans and their “allies.”Īn important aspect of the author’s story is the subservient role of women. ![]() We not only learn of the intense hatred that Klan members had for African Americans, but the author reveals the acts of terror carried out by these defenders of Anglo-Saxon purity, which intensified when the civil rights movement emerged in Birmingham. Elizabeth Cobbs became aware at an early age of her family’s intense fear of Black people, especially Black men. ![]()
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