Clansville USA

     In class we watched the documentary "Clansville USA." This movie really exemplified what it was like living in small towns in the south during the height of the Ku Klux Klan. Bob Jones was the most successful Grand Dragon of all time. The Klan would go around town in these elaborate costumes and terrorize the African American people of the town. Bob Jones was a legacy of the Klan. His father was also a member before him.
     It said in the movie that they claimed the bible backed up what they were doing. How could this be possible? Their most prominent figure was burring the cross and marching around the streets to terrorize people.
     This footage was some of the earliest images of the first Klan. Under Bob Jones leadership the Klan grew up to ten thousand members. Many people looked up to this man and what he stood for. IT was not uncommon in a small town in the south for most people to hate black people. This was one of the first documentaries that showed what was going on in small town southern communities. People of the North and activist everywhere could now see just what was going on.