of a source for utility using own knowledge (AOs 1‚2 and 3) Candidates either submit no evidence or fail to address the question. 0 Level 1: EITHER Accepts the content of the source at face value. e.g. It is useful because it shows what the Ku Klux Klan did OR Generalised or learned response which could apply to any source. e.g. It is a photograph from a newspaper which will show people events of the time. 1-2 Level 2: EITHER Simple comments on the usefulness or the limitations of the
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where we are judged by the colour of our skin rather than the content of our character? We can’t let racism continue‚ we must stop it‚ we can’t let it do anymore damage it has already done way too much. Ku Klux Klan The Ku Klux Klan is a supremacist group; a terrorist secret society organized in the south after the civil war that used violence and murder to promote its white supremacist beliefs. Origins • Founded in 1866‚ after the end of the Civil War. • The
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references in the movie Forrest Gump. Forrest Gumps was named after the leader of the Ku Klux Klan. Forrest also met with many famous people. And last but not least‚ Forrest served for president Nixon. Forrest was involved in many historical events and met with many historical figures. Forrest Gump was named after the KKK founder‚ Nathan Bedford Forrest. Nathan Forrest was a confederate soldier and also started the “First Klan”‚ which lasted into early 1870’s. The KKK was a terrorist group formed to scare
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entered with such topics like the Ku Klux Klan. White’s entry required a nomination petition. To get the most votes‚ White sent the petition to neighboring towns. The results were astounding‚ White had a petition that ten thousand people signed. He only originally needed two thousand five hundred signatures. September 20‚ 1924‚ William Allen White was officially entered to win
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In the 1920’s a lot of stuff happened that change the way things were in the United States. Things like Prohibition‚ women being allowed to vote‚ gangs like al Capone’s came about and the assembly line helped make automobiles cheaper for everyone‚ are a few example of what happened during the 1920’s that changes the United States in some way. There were also many other challengers that America faced during the 1920’s‚ for instance the south had millions of slaves that faces a lot of racism and they
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White supremacy in the United States Bruce C. Abbott HLSS523: Domestic Terrorism and Extremist Groups Instructor: Holly Shenefelt January 27‚ 2013
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understand the causes of prejudices. Terkel tells us the story of C.P. Ellis‚ a former Klansmen who claims he is no longer racist. C.P. Ellis is a white guy from a low-income class. The numerous misfortunes of his life will lead him to become a Ku Klux Klan member. But after some events will happen in his life‚ he will realize that races do not make a person that different from another. This thought will progressively get him out of racism. Ellis will even accept to work with Ann Atwater‚ a black
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they are on‚the soldiers‚her or Ted Hughes."I am ill. I have taken a pill to kill" tells us that now Plath is in pain and takes a painkiller to get rid of the papery feeling and now she feels bad about it. She compares her white gauge dressing to Ku Klux Klan as the blood is staining it and calls her wound”Saboteur” and “Kamikaze man”.In the last part of the poem‚Plath rarely uses prepositions and conjunctions which creates a kind of emphasis on the words and brings them to the notice of the reader
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of this essay is to determine what the most important factor was in stopping black Americans from gaining their civil rights before 1941. This essay will examine the role of the Ku Klux Klan‚ the Jim Crow laws‚ the Lack of Federal support and the voting restrictions that were placed upon blacks. The role of the Ku Klux Klan The fist factor that was important in stopping black Americans from gaining their civil rights before 1941
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The Birth of a Nation In the film Birth of a Nation by D.W Griffith‚ based on the book the Clansmen by Thomas Dixion‚ Dixon and Griffith both admired the Klan so of course they were going to make the Ku Klux Klan the heroes of their stories. I saw many things that were just straight out shocking. To portray another race of people as a monstrous type of creature is ignorant of him. The film portrays black men as aggressive and feebleminded. Due to the graphic and false views of the film the first
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