Uploaded March 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Our full playlist on the KKK is available here: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEbAHi3fZpuFTTzJid_XJcMtgjBJLUSfX
EP 1: youtu.be/TX7sVUgcD4I
EP 2: youtu.be/hpPkpTc5xJs
EP 4: youtu.be/3mh72xf36uE
How did the second incarnation of the clan, born in Georgia in 1915, grow into a seemingly indomitable nation-wide fraternal organisation, numbering millions? Who were its new targets? And, with the Klan’s momentum seemingly unstoppable and an election on the horizon, would their appalling violence be publicly condemned?
Join Tom and Dominic as they chart the second rise of the violent, tyrannical, Ku Klux Klan…
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0:00 The Second Klan: how it differed from the first
3:53 Thomas Dixon, The Clansman and the mythology of the KKK
10:06 The Birth of a Nation and the Klan’s cinematic rebirth
15:40 William Simmons and the founding of the Second Klan
20:20 Fraternal orders, salesmanship and the Klan business model
25:11 Post-war fear, PR strategy and explosive Klan growth
30:43 Recruitment rituals, costumes and the pyramid-scheme structure
36:49 The dark side: fear, hatred and “100% Americanism”
41:52 Who joined the Klan and why it appealed to respectable Protestants
46:26 Anti-Catholic paranoia, schools and prohibition
53:20 Vigilantism, morality policing and Klan violence
59:18 Political power in Oregon, Texas and beyond
1:05:06 The Goose Creek atrocity and the Klan at its most brutal
Video Editor: Jack Meek, Harry Swan + Adam Thornton
Social Producer: Harry Balden
Producers: Aaliyah Akude & Tabby Syrett
Senior Producer: Callum Hill
Executive Producer: Dom Johnson
Chief Digital Officer: Sam Oakley
Our full playlist on the KKK is available here: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEbAHi3fZpuFTTzJid_XJcMtgjBJLUSfX
EP 1: youtu.be/TX7sVUgcD4I
EP 2: youtu.be/hpPkpTc5xJs
EP 4: youtu.be/3mh72xf36uE
How did the second incarnation of the clan, born in Georgia in 1915, grow into a seemingly indomitable nation-wide fraternal organisation, numbering millions? Who were its new targets? And, with the Klan’s momentum seemingly unstoppable and an election on the horizon, would their appalling violence be publicly condemned?
Join Tom and Dominic as they chart the second rise of the violent, tyrannical, Ku Klux Klan…
Join this channel to get access to the final episode of this series right away:
youtube.com/channel/UCUYK0BJZF3yNb2fw1EdAXUQ/join
Twitter:
@TheRestHistory
@holland_tom
@dcsandbrook
Social channels:
instagram.com/theresthistory
tiktok.com/@theresthistory
https://x.com/TheRestHistory
https://bsky.app/profile/theresthistory.bsky.social
threads.com/@theresthistory
0:00 The Second Klan: how it differed from the first
3:53 Thomas Dixon, The Clansman and the mythology of the KKK
10:06 The Birth of a Nation and the Klan’s cinematic rebirth
15:40 William Simmons and the founding of the Second Klan
20:20 Fraternal orders, salesmanship and the Klan business model
25:11 Post-war fear, PR strategy and explosive Klan growth
30:43 Recruitment rituals, costumes and the pyramid-scheme structure
36:49 The dark side: fear, hatred and “100% Americanism”
41:52 Who joined the Klan and why it appealed to respectable Protestants
46:26 Anti-Catholic paranoia, schools and prohibition
53:20 Vigilantism, morality policing and Klan violence
59:18 Political power in Oregon, Texas and beyond
1:05:06 The Goose Creek atrocity and the Klan at its most brutal
Video Editor: Jack Meek, Harry Swan + Adam Thornton
Social Producer: Harry Balden
Producers: Aaliyah Akude & Tabby Syrett
Senior Producer: Callum Hill
Executive Producer: Dom Johnson
Chief Digital Officer: Sam Oakley
