Research Portfolio

Book Source #1--Eyes right! --Challenging the Right Wing Backlash By Berlet, Chip.

APA Citation

Berlet, C. (1995). Eyes right!: Challenging the right wing backlash. Boston,        Mass.: South End Press.

MLA Citation (7th ed.)

Berlet, Chip. Eyes Right!: Challenging the Right Wing Backlash. Boston, Mass.:   South End Press, 1995. Print.

I believe this book will be a great source for the research project. The book covers a range of topics but has a section specifically on racism, Xenophobia, and White Panic. I have decided that for my research question that instead of arguing that the KKK were showing fear of African Americans during the Civil Rights Movement specifically,  but instead explain how they began showing fear of races over the years.

Book Source #2-- The human tradition in the New South by Klotter, James C.

APA Citation

Klotter, J. C. (2005). The human tradition in the New South. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.

MLA Citation (7th ed.)

    Klotter, James C. The Human Tradition in the New South. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2005. Print.

I was only able to look at a few pages in this book, but from what I read I believe will be very useful in connecting Xenophobia and racism (especially towards African Americans). Part of my research question is explaining or arguing that the KKK showed fear of African Americans. A quote from the book stood out to me… “two hundred members of the Original Knights defected from the organization to form the White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan in Mississippi. [The leader of that group] told his followers that he had secret information that African troops planned to invade Mississippi from Cuba.” This source explains another time that the KKK were fearful of the race and not acting out of pure hate.