Ku Klux Klan's Responsibility for the Lack of Economic and Social Progress of Black Americans in the 1920s and 1930s
To What Extent Was The Ku Klux Klan Responsible For The Lack Of Economic And Social Progress Of Black Americans In The 1920’s And 1930’s ?
In the 1920’s and 1930’s the Ku Klux Klan cause a lot of problems for black Americans‘. By 1920 the Klan had claimed membership of between 3 to 5 million white Americans mainly from Southern States. They also had widespread support and in states like Oklahoma and Oregon exercised enormous political influence. Judges, state police, congressmen, senators and even one supreme court judge were Klansmen. The Klan caused a lot of fear in black people, through their beatings, intimidations, murders and mutilations. But although these problems created by the KKK contributed to the lack of progress, economically and socially, of black Americans there were still other reasons for this. Reasons like prejudice and racism which were common in the 1920’s and was even the norm in the southern states. Another reason that black Americans couldn’t progress was due to Economic factors as the coloured men and women were always at the bottom of society. Also the failure of Black Organisations to provide a unified message meant that coloured people had no one message to rally round. Political factors such as the right to vote also caused problems for the progress because although they had the right to vote there were still restrictions preventing them voting. The lack of progress meant black people were suffering socially and economically but also legally Black Americans had no place in society due to legal judgments being passed.
One of the most striking features of the early 1920s was the rapid growth of the second Ku Klux Klan which stopped the economic and social progress of black people, to an extent. The Ku Klux Klan was reformed in 1915 by William J. Simmone, a preacher from Alabama and Kentucky. In the 1920s, the KKK‘s numbers largely increased. The Klan moved in many states to dominate local and state politics. In 1924 the Klan
In the 1920’s and 1930’s the Ku Klux Klan cause a lot of problems for black Americans‘. By 1920 the Klan had claimed membership of between 3 to 5 million white Americans mainly from Southern States. They also had widespread support and in states like Oklahoma and Oregon exercised enormous political influence. Judges, state police, congressmen, senators and even one supreme court judge were Klansmen. The Klan caused a lot of fear in black people, through their beatings, intimidations, murders and mutilations. But although these problems created by the KKK contributed to the lack of progress, economically and socially, of black Americans there were still other reasons for this. Reasons like prejudice and racism which were common in the 1920’s and was even the norm in the southern states. Another reason that black Americans couldn’t progress was due to Economic factors as the coloured men and women were always at the bottom of society. Also the failure of Black Organisations to provide a unified message meant that coloured people had no one message to rally round. Political factors such as the right to vote also caused problems for the progress because although they had the right to vote there were still restrictions preventing them voting. The lack of progress meant black people were suffering socially and economically but also legally Black Americans had no place in society due to legal judgments being passed.
One of the most striking features of the early 1920s was the rapid growth of the second Ku Klux Klan which stopped the economic and social progress of black people, to an extent. The Ku Klux Klan was reformed in 1915 by William J. Simmone, a preacher from Alabama and Kentucky. In the 1920s, the KKK‘s numbers largely increased. The Klan moved in many states to dominate local and state politics. In 1924 the Klan