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Episodes | The Ku Klux Klan | Terror in the South (Part 2)

Ep. 655 | Monday 23 March 2026 | 1h 7m 40s

The Ku Klux Klan | Terror in the South (Part 2)

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How and why did the terrible violence of the Ku Klux Klan escalate? What was the political context in America for their rising popularity? And, how was this first iteration of the Klan finally brought down?


Join Dominic and Tom as they discuss American politics after the Civil War, the growing popularity of the Ku Klux Klan in the American south and their increasingly barbaric treatment of freedmen, as well as their final destruction…    


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Video Editors: Jack Meek + Harry Swan 

Social Producer: Harry Balden

Producers: Tabby Syrett & Aaliyah Akude 

Executive Producer: Dom Johnson 

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