Right in Michigan's Grassroots by JoEllen Vinyard

'following a husband, graduate school, and a job.' Grew up and lived in Nebraska until migrating to Michigan Not only a scholar's perspective, but also an outsider's. The author of a number of books on the state's history, and brings A professor of history at Eastern Michigan University, Vinyard is Trying to understand why these people would come together in grassrootsĮfforts, to shine light on some of the darkest parts of Michigan's While not condoning their actions in any way, the author manages, in White sheet late at night to try to eradicate immigrants from an area. Town bakers, lawyers, doctors,Ĭlergymen, and next-door neighbors were all involved in throwing on a While sheĮxpertly uses a level of academic detachment to describe the motivationsĪnd actions of these organizations - which many would decry as hatefulĪnd destructive - the author also highlights the fact that these groups Vinyard digs deep into theįactors that fostered the rise of groups like the Ku Klux Klan, Johnīirch Society, anti-Communists, and the Michigan Militia.

Vinyard in her compelling, lively history. Political movement that emerged from grassroots origins, notes JoEllen Throughout the twentieth century, Michigan was home to nearly every

University of Michigan Press (Nonfiction: Social Sciences) $27.95 ISBN: JoEllen Vinyard (author) RIGHT IN MICHIGAN'S GRASSROOTS The APA style: Right in Michigan's Grassroots.Right in Michigan's Grassroots.' Retrieved from MLA style: 'Right in Michigan's Grassroots.' The Free Library.

Right in Michigan's Grassroots by JoEllen Vinyard