the fbi and the kkk a critical history
the federal bureau of investigation and the ku klux klan share a long and complicated history . p beginning with their first confrontation in 1922 this book examines the similarities covert collaborations and common goals of the fbi and the kkk . after briefly describing the history of each it explores the development of their association and the specific ways in which each organization furthered the others goals . the book traces eighty years of parallel development and the conservative attitudes that astonishingly drew the fbi and the kkk together .