Today’s episode is a rebroadcast from July 5, 2018. With the national conversation about white supremacy on the rise, Allen talks to historian Linda Gordon about her latest book, The Second Coming of the KKK: The Ku Klux Klan of the 1920s and the American Political Tradition.
They discuss the rise of the KKK in the twentieth century, including their presence in cities like Portland, OR and Indianapolis, the popularity of eugenics at the time, the gender politics of the Klan, and their long-term influence on immigration policy.