The Second Ku Klux Klan's success in the 1920s remains one of the order's most enduring mysteries. Emerging first as a brotherhood dedicated to paying tribute to the original Southern organization of the Reconstruction period, the Second Invisible Empire developed into a mass movement with millions of members that influenced politics and culture throughout the early 1920s. This study explores the nature of fraternities, especially the overlap between the Klan and Freemasonry. Drawing on many previously untouched archival resources, it presents a detailed and nuanced analysis of the development and later decline of the Klan and the complex nature of its relationship with the traditions of American fraternalism.

在20世纪20年代的成功仍然是骑士团最持久的谜团之一。第二个隐形帝国最初是一个兄弟会，致力于向重建时期的南方原始组织致敬，后来发展成为一个有数百万成员的群众运动，影响了整个20世纪20年代早期的政治和文化。这项研究探讨了兄弟会的性质，特别是三K党和共济会之间的重叠。它借鉴了许多以前未被触及的档案资源，详细细致地分析了三K党的发展和后来的衰落，以及三K党与美国兄弟会传统关系的复杂性。