Thomas Dixon
 Thomas Dixon    (politician, lawyer, author) | |
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| Born | Thomas Frederick Dixon Jr. 11 January 1864 |
| Died | 3 April 1946 (Age 82) |
Thomas Dixon (11 January 1864 – 3 April 1946) was a Southern Baptist minister, playwright, lecturer, politician, lawyer, and author who wrote two early 20th-century novels, "The Leopard's Spots: A Romance of the White Man's Burden – 1865–1900" (1902) and "The Clansman" (1905), that glorified the Ku Klux Klan's vigilantes, romanticised Southern White Supremacy, and opposed the equal rights for blacks during the Reconstruction era.[1]
Film director D. W. Griffith adapted "The Clansman" for the screen in "The Birth of a Nation" (1915), which stimulated the formation of the 20th-century version of the Klan.[2]
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References
- ↑ Maxwell Bloomfield, "Dixon's 'The Leopard's Spots': A Study in Popular Racism." American Quarterly 16.3 (1964): 387-401. online
- ↑ "Thomas Dixon, Jr.: Conflicts in History and Literature"
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