 Branford Clarke's illustration portraying the Klan's political efforts to crush Catholic influence | |
| Author | Alma Bridwell White |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | Branford Clarke |
| Subjects | Anti-Catholicism, antisemitism, nativism and white supremacy |
| Publisher | Pillar of Fire Church |
Publication date | 1928 |
| Pages | 200 |
| Preceded by | Klansmen: Guardians of Liberty (1926) |
| Followed by | Hymns and Poems (1931) |
Heroes of the Fiery Cross is a book published in 1928 by Protestant Bishop Alma Bridwell White, in which she praises and portrays the Ku Klux Klan as a heroic force while "sounding the alarm about imagined threats to Protestant Americans from Catholics and Jews", according to author Peter Knight.[1] In the book she asks rhetorically, "Who are the enemies of the Klan? They are the bootleggers, law-breakers, corrupt politicians, weak-kneed Protestant church members, white slavers, toe-kissers, wafer-worshippers, and every spineless character who takes the path of least resistance."[2][3] White frequently uses the Klan's racist and anti-Catholic talking points, such as arguing for the idea that Catholics were attempting to remove the Bible from public schools.[4] Another topic is her stance towards the United States presidential election of 1928, in which Al Smith, a Catholic, was running for president.[2]
- ^ Peter Knight (2003). Conspiracy theories in American history: an encyclopedia, Volume 1. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 1-57607-812-4.
Bishop Alma White, Heroes of the Fiery Cross (1928) In this excerpt from his [sic] Ku Klux Klan book Heroes of the Fiery Cross, Bishop Alma White sounds the alarm ...
- ^ a b David B. Woolner and Richard G. Kurial (2003). FDR, the Vatican, and the Roman Catholic Church in America, 1933–1945. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 59. ISBN 1-4039-6168-9.
Bishop Alma White of the KKK was the author of Heroes of the Fiery Cross, written in 1928 at the height of the presidential campaign. ...
- ^ Robert A. Slayton (2001). Empire statesman: the rise and redemption of Al Smith. Simon & Schuster. p. 316. ISBN 0-684-86302-2.
Bishop Alma White, author of Heroes of the Fiery Cross, explained, "Who are the enemies of the Klan? They are the bootleggers, law-breakers, ...
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