How Hollywood’s first major blockbuster revived the KKK

EPISODE · Jun 26, 2018 · 4 MIN

How Hollywood’s first major blockbuster revived the KKK

from Retropod · host The Washington Post

"The Birth of a Nation" depicted life after the Civil War in a way that glorified Klansmen. The film and its cultural impact led one man to conclude that the time was right to bring back the Klu Klux Klan.

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How Hollywood’s first major blockbuster revived the KKK

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