Right in Michigan's grassroots [electronic resource] : from the KKK to the Michigan militia / JoEllen McNergney Vinyard.

Right in Michigan's grassroots [electronic resource] : from the KKK to the Michigan militia / JoEllen McNergney Vinyard.

9780472027637 (electronic bk.)
9780472071593
9780472051595

Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2011]

©2011

English

1 online resource (xi, 363 pages) : illustrations

JK5835 .V56 2011eb

322.4/209774

Overview: Throughout the twentieth century, Michigan became home to nearly every political movement in America that emerged from the grassroots. Citizens organized on behalf of concerns on the "left," on the "right," and in the "middle of the road." Right in Michigan's Grassroots: From the KKK to the Michigan Militia is about the people who supported movements that others, then and later, would denounce as disgraceful-members of the Ku Klux Klan during the 1920s, the followers of Father Charles Coughlin in the 1930s, anti-Communists and the John Birch Society in the post-World War II era, and the members of the Michigan Militia who first appeared in the 1990s. The book explores the complex historical circumstances in Michigan that prompted the emergence of these organizations and led everyday men and women to head off, despite ridicule or condemnation, with plans unsanctioned and tactics unorthodox, variously brandishing weapons of intimidation, discrimination, fear mongering, and terror. Drawing heavily on primary sources, including the organizations' files and interviews with some of their leaders and surviving members, JoEllen Vinyard provides a far more complete portrait of these well-known extremist groups than has ever been available.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Access limited to authorized users.

Description based on print version record.

Online Resources > Ebooks
All Resources