Bristling Dixie?

by Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr.

Dahlia Lithwick of Slate, in a typical treatment that also attacks Dixie Outfitters, refers to the Confederate flag as "the proud symbol of the Ku Klux Klan." In fact, the KKK – a nationalist, nativist outfit if there ever was one – used the US flag exclusively in its days of power.

The 1965 book by David M. Chalmers, Hooded Americanism: The First Century of the Ku Klux Klan, 1865-1965 (Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Co., 1965) was the definitive treatment at the time. It features many pictures of the Klan in operation. Not one shows a Confederate flag. Many feature the US flag.

The Klan in Tulsa, 1923

Klan Marching, 1925

Klan in Nation's Capital

Klan in 1960s Birmingham, Alabama

April 26, 2001

Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr. [send him mail] is president of the Ludwig von Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, and editor of LewRockwell.com.

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