Episode · Behind the Bastards · 2019-01-24
Books mentioned on Part Two: The Grifters Who Resurrected the KKK
In Part Two on the Ku Klux Klan, Robert is joined by Katy Stoll and Cody Johnston to discuss how The KKK became a multi-level marketing scheme. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.
Robert Evans recommended The second coming of the KKK by Linda Gordon, and discussed The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm X.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The second coming of the KKK
The Second Coming of the KKK by Linda Gordon examines the resurgence of the Ku Klux Klan during the 1920s and its deep integration into American political and social traditions.
Recommended“The Second Coming of the KKK by Linda Gordon. I want to advocate reading both of the books for this podcast because they're both good. But Linda Gordon's book is really special.”
Where to get it
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The Autobiography of Malcolm X
The Autobiography of Malcolm X is a classic American memoir recounting the life, civil rights activism, and spiritual evolution of Malcolm X as told to Alex Haley.
Discussed“Here's a quote from Malcolm's autobiography. It actually is how his autobiography starts. When my mother was pregnant with me, she told me later, "A party of hooded Ku Klux Clan riders galloped up to our home in Omaha, Nebraska.”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing The Communist Manifesto
“So when the KKK had last written, socialism had not really been a buzzword in America. Markx and Engles had only published the Communist Manifesto in like 1848, and [ __ ] traveled slowly back then.”
Plugged A (brief) history of vice
“You can find me on the internet at I write okay on Twitter. I have a book called A Brief History of Ice. It's not about the clan. It's about me putting a friend in the hospital with dangerous drugs.”