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Primary Source SetsSecond Ku Klux Klan and The Birth of a NationAn essay discussing the reception of The Birth of a Nation, 1936.

An essay discussing the reception of The Birth of a Nation, 1936.

This essay from Alyse Abrams’ Writing Program discusses the way The Birth of a Nation was received by viewers. Although politicians and African Americans were opposed to the film, the majority of people enjoyed and praised it.

Citation Information
Abrams, Alyse, “Birth of a Nation,” Digital Public Library of America, https://dp.la/item/fdfafb7837e7b67435b2c4da4026b418.
Note: These citations are programmatically generated and may be incomplete.
Courtesy of The New York Public Library.
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Item 9 of 15 in the Primary Source Set Second Ku Klux Klan and The Birth of a Nation

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A photograph of Jewish businessman Leo Frank at his murder trial in a courtroom in Marietta, Georgia, 1913.
A photograph of William J. Simmons, the founder of the Second Ku Klux Klan, 1921.
A photograph of early twentieth-century filmmaker D. W. Griffith who produced The Birth of A Nation, ca. 1923.
An excerpt from a souvenir program for the silent film The Birth of a Nation, 1915.
A movie poster for D. W. Griffith’s film The Birth of a Nation, 1921.
An essay discussing the reception of The Birth of a Nation, 1936.
An excerpt from a book entitled Ku Klux Klan Secrets Exposed, 1921.
A photograph of a Ku Klux Klan initiation ceremony in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1925.
A photograph of a Ku Klux Klan rally in Indiana, 1920s-1930s.
A press release from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) about a Ku Klux Klan lynching, 1926.
A Ku Klux Klan uniform, ca. 1930.
A Ku Klux Klan mailer asking the reader to buy only American goods, 1940.

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