action on their own street. Groups like the Ku Klux Klan go completely against what the Bill of Rights states‚ that “All men are created equal.” (Winerip‚ 2) Hiram Evans states in his article‚ North American Review‚ that “there are many millions who have never joined but who think and feel and - when called on - fight with us.” (Evans‚ 1). He believes that the Klan is something to be looked up on because they are taking a stand in what they believe. The Klan is the cause of hundreds of deaths and 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 White was the color of their skin. White was the color of the robes they wore. White supremacy was all that they wanted. The Ku Klux Klan was started by ex-Confederate soldiers that held their beliefs very highly. Their beliefs must have been held from a different viewpoint than the majority of people because they were willing to kill for what they wanted. Many people thought that the members‚ or Klansfolk‚ of the Ku Klux Klan eat‚ slept‚ and breathed terrorism‚ but the truth is
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The History Channel’s Ku Klux Klan: A Secret History is a fascinating but basic video consisting of the background information that encompasses the Ku Klux Klan. The Klan‚ an American based terrorist group‚ is known not only for their repeated targeting of Blacks and Jews‚ but also of anyone not White Protestant; advocating “white supremacy‚ white nationalism and anti-immigration”.1 The Ku Klux Klan‚ one of the most well-known white supremacist terrorist groups‚ was able to emerge in the aftermath
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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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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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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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hate are two words that immediately come to mind when The Ku Klux Klan is mentioned in present day. The Ku Klux Klan also known as the KKK is a modern hate group that believes in white supremacy. Extreme discrimination is put towards anyone not of their own kind. In a country that prides itself in being diverse such a group is allowed to spew their discrimination due to the first amendment of freedom of speech and religion. The Ku Klux Klan has been in place since the 1800’s It originated in Tennessee
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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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ghosts of the dead confederate soldiers. Thus began the Ku Klux Klan. Had there been no deliberate oppression in the South bound by the Reconstruction‚ corrupt carpetbaggers - Northerners who came to the South during the Reconstruction to abuse of the situation - misrule and violence‚ secret societies such as the Ku Klux Klan would not have come into existence. Initially created for the sole purpose of albeit perverse form of amusement‚ the Klan quickly spread and its aims shifted from amusement to
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