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In September 1879, at the age of 15, Dixon followed his older brother and enrolled at the Baptist Wake Forest College, where he studied history and political science. As a student, Dixon performed remarkably well. In 1883, after only four years, he earned a master's degree.
Thomas Dixon was a U.S. novelist, dramatist, and legislator who vigorously propagated ideas of white supremacy. He is chiefly remembered for his novel The Clansman (1905), which presented a sympathetic picture of the Ku Klux Klan.
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Learn about the controversial novels of Thomas Dixon, Jr., a North Carolina author who glorified the Ku Klux Klan and white supremacy in the South. Explore his works, their impact on the film The Birth of a Nation, and the Lost Cause myth.
Dixon’s stories of virtuous white people victimized by violent and incompetent black people were not merely expressions of white supremacy but had brutal and deadly consequences.
Sep 21, 2022 · Currently, Dr. Thomas Dixon is serving a life sentence in Texas. His conviction had previously been overturned, but it was reinstated, EverythingLubbock.com reported. As of April 23, 2020,...
5 days ago · His most sensational novels are the trilogy The Leopard's Spots (1902), The Clansman (1905), and The Traitor (1907), extremist Southern views of the Reconstruction era, vigorously antiblack and strongly supportive of the original Ku Klux Klan.
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Thomas Dixon, Jr. (1864-1946) was a controversial author who wrote a trilogy of novels defending white supremacy and the Ku Klux Klan in the early twentieth century. His books influenced the film The Birth of a Nation and shaped the national perception of racial tensions in the South.
