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Thomas Frederick Dixon Jr. (January 11, 1864 – April 3, 1946) was an American Baptist minister, politician, lawyer, lecturer, writer, and filmmaker.
- Advocacy of white supremacy
The Clansman: A Historical Romance of the Ku Klux Klan is a novel published in 1905, the second work in the Ku Klux Klan trilogy by Thomas Dixon Jr. (the others are The Leopard's Spots and The Traitor). Chronicling the American Civil War and Reconstruction era from a pro-Confederate perspective, it presents the Ku Klux Klan heroically.
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His name was Thomas Dixon Jr., and he was the great-granddaddy of white nationalism. Dixon’s stories of virtuous white people victimized by violent and incompetent black people were not...
Thomas Dixon Jr. (1864-1946) was a white supremacist, novelist, playwright, and clergyman, originally from North Carolina. Dixon authored The Leopard's Spots (1902) and The Clansman (1905), which later was adapted into D. W. Griffith's film The Birth of a Nation (1915).
Thomas Dixon, Jr.: Conflicts in History and Literature. by Andrew Leiter. Table of Contents. I. Dixon's Ku Klux Klan Trilogy. II. The Black Beast, Reconstruction, and Segregation. III. The Leopard's Spots and the Black Beast.
15. März 2023 · The Architects of The Birth of a Nation: Thomas Dixon, Jr. and David Wark Griffith. Chapter. First Online: 15 March 2023. pp 17–33. Cite this chapter. Download book PDF. Download book EPUB. In the Shadow of The Birth of a Nation. Charlene Regester. 156 Accesses. Abstract.
Thomas Dixon Jr. was born January 11, 1864, in Shelby, North Carolina. He is best known for his racist novel The Clansman (1905), which served as the basis for D. W. Griffith’s infamous film The Birth of a Nation (1915).
