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For August's #2024ReadingBrackets NONFICTION I chose the tagged book by Timothy Egan. It‘s a grisly yet engrossing account of the Ku Klux Klan‘s rise to power in Indiana in the 1920s. The parallels to today are also scary and sobering. It was a fascinating read that also took down its challenger and moves to a semifinal slot. Honorable mention for a wild-card slot was “Beyond the High Blue Air” by Lu Spinney, a poignant, heartbreaking memoir.

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What an enlightening (and terrifying) read! It was fascinating to see into the brains of people who follow the ideas and ideals of the alt right. This book was very detailed and explored in depth many of the concerns and thoughts being discussed by white nationalists, extending beyond the racial factor. This book is a must read for anybody striving to see the appeal of these groups. The techniques used by the alt right are wildly sophisticated.

another book I wish I could get everyone in the US to read

Grisly yet fascinating account of the rise of the Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s. While it happened across the country, this focuses on Indiana, which had the highest concentration of KKK members and chapters of any state. (This statistic surprised me, although I‘m not really sure why.) In 1925, a brave young woman named Madge Oberholtzer gave a deathbed testimony that brought the group down. The parallels to today are also scary and sobering.

The author makes the case that the Doctrine of Discovery fueled America‘s historically terrible treatment of Indigenous people and Black people. I like how the author divided the book into 3 parts of the country, with 3 similar patterns of land grabbing and lynching, and how the communities are reckoning with their history to create a “path forward” today.
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Read for my book club and it‘s also my #bookspin book!
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This is an excellent book telling about the rise of the KKK in middle America. The author did a great job explaining how they rose and took over so many cities and towns. The violence and hatred of others can be extremely disturbing to read about. I gave this a 5/5