SOUTHERN EXPOSURE

by Stetson Kennedy ‧ RELEASE DATE: Oct. 26, 1946

A probe of America's number one economic, social, racial, political problem-the unreconstructed South which is dominated by Southern slavocracy and Northern industrialism. Here is the economic source of the Civil War, the betrayal of the Negro to the Southern white, anti-unionism; the myth of white supremacy; the poll-tax issue; exploitation and intimidation of the Negro. Southerner Kennedy traces the terrorism of the Ku Klux Klan and other fascistic by-products, exposing the movement that allied the Klan, the Bund, and N.A.M., the isolationists and industrialists, and that culminated in the '44 Southern revolt. Here are the shady connections of O'Daniel, Talmadge, the duPonts, the Pews, Rankin, Gerald Smith, etc. The author sees the South at the crossroads and would force her on a democratic path, by prosecuting the Klan on tax evasion and treason charges, encouraging the C.I.O.'s fight for non-discrimination, federal aid for housing, health, education, agriculture, federal enforcement of voting laws. A strong indictment supplemented by extensive documentation.

Pub Date: Oct. 26, 1946

ISBN: 1153553120

Page Count: -

Publisher: Doubleday

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Oct. 1, 1946

Categories: NONFICTION