this depiction was apparent in the first Ku Klux Klan‚ crusading in the name of protecting not only white supremacy‚ but white womanhood. These justifications for murder‚ racism‚ violence and bigotry emerged from the contradictory belief that men have a responsibility to protect women and their “livelihood‚” which consisted of submissive and compliant nature towards men. The ratification of the 19th Amendment in 1920‚ and creation of the Women’s Ku Klux Klan in 1923 brought the KKK’s inconsistent justifications
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articles ’The Ku Klux Klan in Indiana’ and ’Rank and File Radicalism within the Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s’ offer very different perspectives of the Ku Klux Klan throughout history. However‚ it is ’Rank and File Radicalism of the Ku Klux Klan within the 1920’s’ which makes the least accurate claims of the two articles. One claim the ’Radicalism’ makes which is refuted by ’Indiana’ is that the KKK rose to prominence only once in American history. Though the KKK was most prominent in the 1920’s‚ which is
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Southerners created the Ku Klux Klan to torture all of the freed slaves by burning down their houses‚ robbing them‚ and even worse... murdering them. The Ku Klux Klan‚ or KKK for short‚ was founded by six confederate veterans in Pulaski‚ Tennessee. The Ku Klux Klan have been on the streets ever since the end of the Civil War with an estimate of about 500‚000 Klan members. The Klansmen wear white robes with white hoods that cover up their faces. The goal of the Ku Klux Klan was to battle against the
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the Ku Klux Klan and how it has evolved as an organization‚ its establishment as a political organization with race-associated motives is the most accurate of the three. The evidence provided within the second perspective provides the reader with clear evidence of not only the motives of the Klan‚ but also the origins of its establishment. Within three out of the four historical sources‚ the Klan is depicted as a violent and racially motivated regime. Elaine Parsons states in her book‚ Ku Klux: The
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The Original Klan The first two words of “Ku Klux Klan” derived from a Greek word “KyKlos” meaning circle (History1). The Ku Klux Klan was founded in 1866‚ in the southern state Tennessee. Southern states were where most slaves worked. The group extended to nearly every southern state by 1870 (History1). Members of the group waged an underground campaign of violence and torture aimed at white and black Republican leaders (History1). The first meetings of the Klan were held in a general organizing
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United States history could be so infamous and so influential to be described as “America’s Recurring Nightmare” and an “Invisible Empire” by historians. This society was the Ku Klux Klan. First witnessed in post-Civil war America and established in its first incarnation by Shiloh survivor‚ Nathan Bedford Forrest‚ the Klan utilized terroristic methods to harass former slaves and white Republicans and arguably was successful in its goal to re-establish white supremacy in the South. A similar incarnation
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The First Ku Klux Klan Introduction The first Ku Klux Klan‚ or the KKK‚ was started in May of 1886 at Pulaski‚ Tennessee. The organization was formed after the Civil War by former Confederate soldiers. The organization was formed in hopes that the organization would prevent the black from overthrowing the white’s superiority. There were many groups that were formed in this time period like The Order of the White Rose‚The White Brother Hood‚ Pale Faces‚ Constitutional Union Guards Pale Faces‚ and
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Alejandra Gonzalez History 108 Dr.Lewis 25 August2014 Ku Klux Klan In 1865‚ a native-born American racist terrorist organization that became known as the Ku Klux Klan was founded by William Nathan Bedford a former confederate general. The Ku Klux Klan is one of the oldest and most feared groups in America. The KKK is a group that has used violence and actions above the law to support their cause. It was after the Civil War when the clan grew out from the South‚ with the purpose to “protect
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Since 1866 the Ku Klux Klan has been the epitome of wild‚ irrational‚ and extreme violence against nationality‚ race‚ and religion in the United States. Although the KKK has declined in popularity and power‚ the white supremacy clan is still prevalent along with underlying groups that follow the traditional beliefs of the KKK. The klan was once spread throughout nearly all southern states during the 19th century when the Civil Rights Movement was at its high. The klan died out‚ but reemerged during
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restrictions. In 1866‚ six veterans of the confederate army formed a secret society named the Ku Klux Klan‚ from the Greek word Kuklos‚ meaning circle. When the Ku Klux Klan was in its infancy‚ they were organized like a social group. They would help citizens‚ one of whom was reported in the Franklin View‚ a Nashville paper as follows: “The Franklin Review of yesterday related that the Ku Klux a few nights since visited the home of a poor widow whose two sons had fallen in the Confederate
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