- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Stetson Kennedy (1916-2011)
- Creator:
- Hatfield, Edward A.
- Date of Original:
- 2009-08-14
- Subject:
- Journalists--Georgia
Political activists--Georgia
Authors, American--Georgia
Undercover operations--Georgia
Folklorists--Georgia
Investigative reporting--Georgia - People:
- Kennedy, Stetson
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- articles
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
- Description:
- Encyclopedia article about Stetson Kennedy. Folklorist, investigative reporter, author, and labor activist Stetson Kennedy occupies a unique position in Georgia's literary history. In the 1940s Kennedy infiltrated an Atlanta chapter of the Ku Klux Klan, an experience he recounted in two books, The Klan Unmasked and Southern Exposure. During his time undercover, he worked with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation and the Anti-Defamation League. Kennedy's writing, as well as his work as an undercover agent, helped shed light on the Klan's "Invisible Empire," exposing the organization's penchant for extralegal violence and contributing to its decline in the 1950s and 1960s.
- Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/stetson-kennedy-1916-2011/
- Language:
- eng
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- Cite as: "ARTICLE TITLE," New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved [date]: http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org.
- Original Collection:
- Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.
- Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
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