The KKK's First Grand Wizard

Forrest claims that despite the surge in membership, the KKK brought in only the best people. Susan Bartletti uses primary sources to make a strong and not surprising case that this was nonsense. She quotes WP Burnet, a 27-year-old, illiterate man, and Klansman at the time. The leaders pushed the poor people into it and made them go on raids," he said.