Section 1 “Why I Quit the Klan” is a non-fiction story written by Studs Terkel‚ which talks about former Ku Klux Klan leader‚ C.P. Ellis. Ellis was invited‚ as a Klansman‚ to join a committee on how to solve racial problems in the school system. This committee included people of all different ethical backgrounds‚ including African Americans. He reluctantly accepted‚ however after a few short meetings‚ he was elected co-chair of the committee‚ along side of Ann Atwater‚ an African American woman
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After dying out in the late 1870s‚ the Ku Klux Klan‚ also known as the KKK has risen again‚ stronger than it was before. Starting in Stone Mountains‚ Georgia‚ William Simmons was able to resurrect the klan completely. The Ku Klux Klan has already gained total membership of four million members‚ and is growing rapidly in the South. They have already taken control over members serving in state legislatures and Congress‚ and were elected to the governorship in several states. Indiana‚ Oklahoma‚ Texas
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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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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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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 KU KLUX KLAN The ku Klux klan is a homophobic‚ racist and anti-Communist who despises to blacks‚ Jews‚ Catholics‚ Communists‚ homosexuals and they mutiny against anyone who thinks different from them; It is the oldest organization in the United States and its ideology more than the rights of white men. This organization infiltrating their same brotherhood people in Government‚ the Senate and the counties in order to uphold its arguments and go scot-free from their crimes and misdeeds. In the
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Cyclops Paper The Klan was very influential in Williamson County‚ in November 1922 seventeen men walked in the First Christian Church on Sunday morning in full Klan regalia‚ hoods up and everything. But what they didn’t know was this wasn’t going to be the last time these men would wreak havoc on their day to day lives. The Klan had a severe prejudice for immigrants and took up residence in small towns in southern Illinois. Williamson County was the perfect place for them. They led residents
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grammar‚ and unruly behavior. Additionally‚ during the film‚ The Birth of a Nation‚ you learn that the blacks are portrayed as the “bad guys” throughout the movie who run around creating chaos and frightening the townspeople. Consequently‚ the Ku Klux Klan are portrayed
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work around them and strike fear to vulnerable people. There is a certain group still around today‚ which by using fear tactics‚ is capable of being a dangerous force to the public. The Ku Klux Klan is viewed by many people as a hate group which targets mostly minorities. Given the history of violence that the Klan has‚ there should be no surprise that it is the most infamous hate group in
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The Ku Klux Klan is a group of terrorizing whites who use violence to strike fear into their enemies. The name Ku Klux Klan is a mixture of Greek and Scottish‚ and the name is supposed to mean "family circle." Another name for the Ku Klux Klan is the KKK. The Klan was first founded in 1866 in Pulaski‚ Tennessee by Nathan Forrest. They were founded right after the Civil War. The KKK was started by six young Confederate veterans‚ and then later on‚ other whites joined the Klan. The Klan was basically
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