02728cam a2200457 i 4500 432340752 TxAuBib 20200821120000.0 200131s2020||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2020003403 9780374186326 $28.00 0374186324 $28.00 (OCoLC)1141954202 TxAuBib rda Ball, Edward, 1959- Life of a Klansman : a family history in white supremacy / Edward Ball. Family history in white supremacy. First edition. New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2020. 395 pages : genealogical table, illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. Prologue: Our Klansman -- The Ku-Klux Act -- Grands blancs / Big Whites -- Tribes -- Introduction to an Atrocity -- White Terror -- Petits blancs / Little Whites -- Redemption. "An examination of the history of the author's family and its ties to white supremacist movements."-- Provided by publisher. Sifting through family lore about "our Klansman" as well as public and private records, Ball reconstructs the story of his great-great grandfather, Constant Lecorgne. A white French Creole, father of five, and working class ship carpenter, Lecorgne had a career in white terror of notable and bloody completeness: massacres, night riding, masked marches, street rampages-- all part of a tireless effort that he and other Klansmen made to restore white power when it was threatened by the emancipation of four million enslaved African Americans. Ball also sought out descendants of African Americans who were once victimized by Lecorgne and his comrades, and shares their stories. -- adapted from jacket. 20200821. Lecorgne, Constant, 1832-1886. Lecorgne family. White League (La.) Biography. Ku Klux Klan (1915) Biography. Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) Louisiana New Orleans. Racism Louisiana New Orleans History 19th century. White supremacy movements Louisiana New Orleans History 19th century. Creoles Louisiana History 19th century. New Orleans (La) Race relations. New Orleans (La) Race relations 19th century. New Orleans (La) Biography. Biographies.