Belew 2018

Main Argument:

Intro:

Chapter 2: Building the Underground

• Louis Beam in 1977 purchased 50 acres of swampland using the Texas Veterans Land Board Grant
• He created a training facility which transformed Klansmen into Soldiers
  • Curating a paramilitary that was unified by a white power movement, would implement various methods to target undocumented immigrants such as a Klan border watch
• Southern Poverty Law Center banned paramilitary training, further fueled this movement