{"product_id":"ku-klux-klan-a-fools-errand-and-the-invisible-empire-1880-by-albion-w-tourgee-vintage-cloth-novel","title":"A Fool's Errand and The Invisible Empire (1880) by Albion W. Tourgee \/ Vintage Cloth [Novel KKK]","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eA Fool's Errand and The Invisible Empire\u003c\/span\u003e (1880)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eby Albion W. Tourgee \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNew York : Fords, Howard \u0026amp; Hulbert, 1880. Octavo 20cm. Brown Decorative Cloth with gilt titles on the spine. Black embossed design and titles on cover and spine. 521pp. Illustrated with tissue guarded frontispiece. Rubbing to spine ends with loss at crown. Minor glue repair to front hinge. VERY GOOD+.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the author: \u003c\/strong\u003eTourgee was a pioneering Civil Rights advocate for the rights of Freedmen and Colored Americans in the 1870s-1880s. He founded the National Citizens' Rights Association, served in the Civil War for the Union, and legally challenge the principle of separate but equal. \u003cstrong\u003eHe was Homer Plessy's lead attorney in the landmark case. He is cited as the originator of the term, \"Color Blind.\" and one of the first to document the crimes of the then-new Ku Klux Klan\u003c\/strong\u003e. This book describes Tourgee's experiences of terror instilled by the rise of the Klu Klux Klan.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"duttyboukman.art","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41356385190040,"sku":"","price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0591\/3935\/8872\/products\/DSC_0572copy.jpg?v=1638681109","url":"https:\/\/duttyboukman.art\/products\/ku-klux-klan-a-fools-errand-and-the-invisible-empire-1880-by-albion-w-tourgee-vintage-cloth-novel","provider":"Dutty Boukman","version":"1.0","type":"link"}