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Kleagles are the individuals responsible for recruiting potential Ku Klux Klan (KKK) members. Kleagles, as defined by the ''Ku Klux Klan: An Encyclopedia'', are organizers or recruiters, “appointed by imperial wizard or his imperial representative to ‘sell’ the KKK among non-members”.〔Newton, Michael and Judy Anne (1991). ''The Ku Klux Klan: An Encyclopedia, Garland Publishing, Inc., New York and London''.〕 These members were paid typically by commission and received a portion of each new member’s initiation fee.〔 Recruitment of new KKK members entailed framing economic, political and social structural changes in favor of and in line with KKK goals. These goals promoted “100 percent Americanism” and benefits for white native-born Protestants.〔McVeigh, R ''The Rise of the Ku Klux Klan: Right Wing Movements and National Politics, University of Minnesota Press, Vol 32, 2009''〕 Informal ways Klansmen recruited members included “with eligible co-workers and personal friends and try to enlist them”.〔Goldberg, R. The Ku Klux Klan in Madison, 1922-1927, The Wisconsin Magazine of History, Vol. 58, No. 1 (Autumn, 1974), pp. 31-44, JSTOR, Wisconsin Historical Society, http://www.jstor.org/stable/4634926〕 Protestant teachers were also targeted for Klan membership.〔 == Bloc recruitment== This term was coined by sociologist Anthony Oberschall.〔McVeigh, R. (2009).''The Rise of the Ku Klux Klan: Right Wing Movements and National Politics, University of Minnesota Press, Vol 32, p. 34''〕 Bloc recruitment refers to “the way in which social movement organizers often recruit members and participants among groups of individuals already organized for some other purpose.” 〔 This strategy was advantageous to the Klan because it allowed them to recruit large groups of members from one source instead of being faced with the difficult task of recruiting individuals one by one. This strategy was also effective because it allowed the Klan to build upon the solidarity already in place from other organizations. The organizations that the KKK targeted for bloc recruitment were usually fraternal lodges and Protestant churches. Protestant ministers were offered free membership and powerful Chaplain status within the KKK. Recruitment also involved recruitment drives that toured the United States.〔 Members of organizations like churches and fraternal lodges, were easily accessible by Kleagles or Klan recruiters because they were already socially active in public issues through their involvement in these organizations. These recruitment efforts were very successful, as such, Klan membership soared. A primary recruitment leader during the 1920s, Edward Young Clark, supposedly reported that the Klan had gained 48,000 members in just three months.〔 Klan leaders took advantage of this success and used membership fees to finance large purchases such as the Klux Krest, a new home for Imperial Wizard William J. Simmons (founder of the 2nd KKK).〔Quarles, C ''The Ku Klux Klan and related American Racialist and Anti-Semitic Organizations: A history and an analysis'', McFarland and Company Inc. Publishing, 1999〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ku Klux Klan recruitment」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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