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    organization was the Ku Klux Klan. The Ku Klux Klan was organized in Pulaski Tennessee, in 1866 to intimidate former slaves who voted and apprehended political offices during Reconstruction. The Ku Klux Klan history came all about with the situation in the South following the harsh Civil War. The Southern States were in distraught and the defeated white people were humiliated and felt like they had to get revenge and gain their power back. The goal of the original Ku Klux Klan was to fight against

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    go with her vision and open her own school. Many people tried to discourage her to not to go to Daytona because the black laborers in the area lived in poverty much like slavery and the Ku Klux Klan would commit violent acts against anyone who tried to better African Americans. Her husband Albertus did not agree with her dreams and left her to return back to N.C. and they never got back together again. On October 3rd, 1904 Bethune opened the doors to the Daytona Normal and Industrial Institute

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    The Ku Klux Klan was once and may still be considered one of the most dangerous terrorist organization of time. The Ku Klux Klan, which is also and more widely known as the KKK, is an American racist organization with a main goal to oust Republican Reconstruction governments in the South following the American Civil War. Another aim of the Ku Klux Klan was to drive African Americans out of politics entirely. The Ku Klux Klan rejuvenated in the 20th Century and for a brief period of time became a

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    KKK or Ku Klux Klan. Rosa Parks added to the topic of the KKK by saying, “It was just a matter of survival… of existing from one day to the next. I remember going to sleep as a girl and hearing the Ku Klux Klan ride at night and hearing a lynching and being afraid the house would burn down” (Parks). The KKK, scattered through the US, has increased and decreased as they try to accomplish their mission by using lethal tactics. The club’s history all started in the south. The Ku Klux Klan originated

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    The Ku Klux Klan, also referred to as the KKK, was an American extremist group that originated in the southern state of Tennessee preceding the events of the Civil War in the year of roughly 1865. Although the organization was founded over a century ago, it has maintained functioning to the present time. The Ku Klux Klan was known for its ferocious discrimination towards the black and even white population of the United States. Their tactics were murdering, assaulting, debasing, and raiding those

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    4 5/18/18 The Rise and Fall of the First Ku Klux Klan How many Klansmen does it take to screw in a lightbulb? None, they just beat the room for being black. The Ku Klux Klan is an essential part of United States history for many reasons, they were a widespread organization, they were the reason for many laws, but most importantly they spread awareness to civil rights and racial equality. Because of the xenophobic, racist, and nativist acts of the Klan in the past, we can now enjoy our peaceful

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    Martin World History Section 4 4-29-16 The Ku Klux Klan For much of American history, ethnic groups other than caucasian have struggled greatly. One of the groups that has struggled a lot is African Americans. This group has had to suffer through slavery and segregation for the purpose of much of American history. Their struggle became more difficult in the occasion of the Ku Klux Klan (Ku Klux Klan) was founded. The formation of the Ku Klux Klan was one of the main factors of the bloody struggle

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    The Ku Klux Klan was organized after the end of the American Civil War in the law office of judge Thomas M. James on December 24, 1865, in Pulaski, Tennessee as a social club by six ex confederate officers. Most of the confederate officers were college graduates and had never committed any type of crimes . The first leader Nathan Bedford Forrest, who was a former general in the Civil War was called the “ Grand Wizard”. The club was originally called “Kuklos”, which came from a Greek word meaning

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    The Ku Klux Klan has a long history of being famous for its hate towards African Americans and other ethnic race and religious groups. The Ku Klux Klan was founded in 1866 in In Pulaski, Tennessee by Six young college students. The six young men all former Confederate officers started this as and a social club or fraternity and spent their time draped in white cloths and acted in horseplay of various types, wearing disguises and galloping on horses about town after dark. This is where the Uniform

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    The Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s The United States of America is a country that has a very unique and divisive racial history. From its colonial beginnings, to its birth and emergence as one of the world’s biggest superpowers, the United States has seen the conflict between racial and ethnic groups. For many decades, the enslavement of Africans was rampant in the United States. Eventually, African culture became Americanized, and no longer were the enslaved people seen as Africans, but as African Americans

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