Christopher Silvester

Ghosts of the KKK still haunt American politics

The extreme savagery of the ‘white knights’ may be a thing of the past, but echoes of the Klan were all over the shameful Capitol attack of 2021, says Kristofer Allerfeldt

Mounted Ku Klux Klansmen. [Getty Images] 
issue 23 March 2024
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  • The Ku Klux Klan: An American History

    Kristofer Allerfeldt

    The History Press, pp. 432, £20

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