"Birth of a Nation" Silent Film and Rebirth of the Ku Klux Klan #OnThisDay in 1915, a week before the silent film, “Birth of a Nation,” premiered at an Atlanta theater, William Simmons, along with 15 other men (including some who lynched Leo Frank) burned a cross ...

DW Griffiths film, Birth of A Nation presented a highly romanticized and racist portrait of the Reconstruction period in American history. See our latest blog on the events surrounding its premiere in 1915. #BirthofNation #DWGriffiths historianspeaks.org/f/birth-of-a...