Guy Gugliotta
Author of Grant's Enforcer, Taking Down the Klan and former Washington Post journalist, interviewed for expert commentary on Amos Ackerman and the Klan prosecutions.
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Feb 5, 2026 • 49min
The Man Who Took On The Klan
Kidada Williams, historian of Reconstruction-era terror and survival. Bernard Powers, scholar of slavery and Black political life in South Carolina. Guy Gugliotta, author on Amos Akerman and Klan prosecutions. They trace Akerman’s surprising turn from Confederate to federal enforcer. They explore Klan terror in rural South Carolina, legal fights using the 14th Amendment, raids and trials, and the political fallout that weakened enforcement.
