Shawn K Lay

They came in the dead of night, marking the homes and businesses of their enemies with crude symbols and dire warnings. They plotted against those of other religious faiths and circulated secret lists of alleged traitors to the community and nation. They mailed anonymous threats to those who refused...

Winner of the 1984 C.L. Sonnichsen Book Award."Author Shawn Lay examines the growth of religious, racial and cultural intolerance in El Paso, Texas, during the first quarter of this century, and contrasts it with the unique nature of the city's economic and social relations during earlier days, when...

This timely anthology describes how and why the Ku Klux Klan became one of the most influential social movements in modern American history. For decades historians have argued that the spectacular growth of the Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s was fueled by a postwar surge in racism, religious bigotry, and...