New novel reveals history of KKK in Oklahoma
4 August 2009
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The author of a new children’s novel about Ku Klux Klan activity in Lawton hopes school libraries and teachers will use his book to teach tolerance and about a dishonorable time in Oklahoma history. “Night Fires” was written by Cameron University linguistics professor George Stanley, a prolific author of children’s books.
After researching racism in Lawton during the 1920s, the professor wove a story about a fictional 13-year-old boy who comes to live in Oklahoma after his father dies. Woodrow Harper finds a new father figure in his neighbor, a powerful state senator who is involved in the Klan.
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