Oscar W. Underwood

Duration: :48

Year Published: 1964

Creator: I. Q. Films

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: sound

Description: A documentary profile of Oscar Underwood. Examines the anti-Ku Klux Klan platform which Senator Underwood sponsored and supported and his opposition to the Klan movement during the campaign for the Democratic nomination for the Presidency in 1924. Explains that his adamant attacks on the Klan thwarted his chances for nomination. Discusses the practices and beliefs of the Ku Klux Klan and its use of violence and terror in a democracy.

Complete Record: A documentary profile of Oscar Underwood. Examines the anti-Ku Klux Klan platform which Senator Underwood sponsored and supported and his opposition to the Klan movement during the campaign for the Democratic nomination for the Presidency in 1924. Explains that his adamant attacks on the Klan thwarted his chances for nomination. Discusses the practices and beliefs of the Ku Klux Klan and its use of violence and terror in a democracy.