They Called Themselves the KKK

this book hardly mentions the kkk. it instead describes the perils and difficult times of african americans during the reconstruction period post civil war in detail. it's quite interesting in that respect, but i wanted to hear how the kkk grew and why it still exists in america, etc. i feel it was advertised as something that it was not.

This is a well-researched recounting of the history of the KKK. I've read other books on the subject that were more comprehensive in scope, but went on to the point where it was difficult to remember the point of the books. This one is brief, to the point, and authoritative.

I wished I could of seen thew images in the book, but loved lisening to it.

I liked the history behind the book. How much detail the author put into it.I absolutely loved this author's work.  She is a Newberry Honor-winning author of Hitler Youth and Sibert Award-winning author of Black Potatoes.   I want to read more of her books.

Afterr listening to it, it really made me think of how hard it was for ewveryone back after the war.

The beginning of the book:Boys, let us get up a club. With those words, six restless young men raided the linens at a friend’s mansion, pulled pillowcases over their heads, hopped on horses, and cavorted through the streets of Pulaski, Tennessee. The six friends named their club the Ku Klux Klan, and, all too quickly, their club grew into the self-proclaimed Invisible Empire with secret dens spread across the South.This is the story of how a secret terrorist group took root in America’s democracy. Filled with chilling and vivid personal accounts unearthed from oral histories, congressional documents, and diaries, it is a book to read and remember.The Ku Klux Klan arose after the Civil War and quickly became a terrorist organization spreading fear and hatred throughout the United States. This book traces the entire history of the KKK from its beginning as a "social club" to the modern day. Details about the founders and other members are given. Raids are described in enough detail to give the reader chills while imagining what it would be like to live through the terror. The book is well-researched and presents a number of people giving personal accounts about the impact of the KKK on their lives.  I thought the book was well done.  

This is an interesting work but it is not the interesting work that the title or the blurb suggests. While the KKK arises in most of the stories in this work the emphasis is on the experiences of the others involved, principally their victims. I'm glad I've listened to it and will revisit it again in the future but , as has been said by other reviewers, I don't feel like I know much more about this group than I did before. You should listen to it because it portrays an important series of events but not because you think it will reveal much about the KKK