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The Ku Klux Klan in Canada

A Century of Promoting Racism and Hate in the Peaceable Kingdom

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The Klu Klux Klan came to Canada thanks to some energetic American promoters who saw it as a vehicle for getting rich by selling memberships to white, mostly Protestant Canadians. In Ontario, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia the Klan found fertile ground for its message of racism and discrimination targeting African Canadians, Jews and Catholics. While its organizers fought with each other to capture the funds received from enthusiastic members, the Klan was a venue for expressions of race hatred and a cover for targeted acts of harassment and violence against minorities.

Author Allan Bartley traces the role of the Klan in Canadian political life in the turbulent years of the 1920s and 30s, after which its membership waned. But in the 1970s, as he relates, small extremist rightwing groups emerged in urban Canada, and sought to revive the Klan as a readily identifiable identity for hatred and racism.

Historian Allan Bartley tells the little known story of how Canadians have adopted the image and ideology of the Klan to express the racism that has played so large a role in Canadian society for the past hundred years—right up to the present.

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Allan Bartley

ALLAN BARTLEY has researched the history of the KKK in Canada for over a decade. In 1995, he published the article "A Public Nuisance: The Ku Klux Klan in Ontario 1923-27&: in the Journal of Canadian Studies. He is also the author of Alexander MacNeill: A Political Life and Heroes in Waiting: The 160th Battalion in the Great War. A former intelligence analyst for Canadian security agencies, he lives in Ottawa.

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This chapter outlines the themes of the text and briefly discusses why it is important to examine the history of the KKK directly in order to combat it’s influence. 2 $0.20

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This chapter discusses the impact that the release of the film Birth of a Nation had on the resurgence of the Ku Klux Klan in the early 20th century. In particular, the chapter looks at the … 18 $1.80

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This chapter discusses the initial appearance of the Klan in Canada in the early 1920’s and the recruitment methods they emplyed in different parts of the country. 24 $2.40

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This chapter discusses how the Klan became increasingly organized and consolidated in Canada throughout 1925, by establishing a leadership and becoming involved in provincial politics. 22 $2.20

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This chapter discusses how the Klan reached the peak of their influence in Canada throughout 1926, seeing a large increase in recruitment and various events held throughout the country. 19 $1.90

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This chapter briefly discusses several principal figures in the Canadian KKK in the mid 1920’s. This chapter also includes 17 black and white photographs. 22 $2.20

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This chapter discusses the influence of the KKK in Saskatchewan, particularly in Moose Jaw which served as their epicentre of operations. 17 $1.70

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This chapter discusses Klan involvement in the electoral politics of Saskatchewan in the late 1920s 18 $1.80

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This chapter discusses Klan events held in Ontario in the late 1920’s and early 1930s 6 $0.60

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This chapter discusses Klan activity in Alberta in the late 1920’s and early 1930s. 18 $1.80

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This chapter discusses Klan activity in Canada during the years leading up to the outbreak of the Second World War. 10 $1.00

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This chapter discusses how, after several decades of near-nonexistance, the KKK experienced a revival in Canada in the 1980s. 16 $1.60

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This chapter discusses organized Klan activities throughout Canada in the 1980s 16 $1.60

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This chapter discusses a plot by Canadian and American KKK members to overthrow the government of Dominica and and install a white supremacist government. 16 $1.60

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This chapter discusses Klan activities in Canada into the early 1990s 16 $1.60

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This chapter discusses Klan activities in Quebec in the 1990s 14 $1.40

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This chapter discusses the KKK’s transition to a largely online organization in the 21st century. 14 $1.40