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Ku Klux Klan

The Ku Klux Klan was one of the[| most feared groups in the 1860s to the 1870s.]This group was founded by Caucasians and it was used to harm Africans. The KKK believed that the Africans were afraid of ghosts so they dressed up as ghosts, how silly right? It was actually the[| second Klan of 1915] which was who started the white hoods and robes.The costumes weren't always white they were both black and white. The Ku Klux Klan used t hese costumes to hide their identities. These costumes were known as hate symbols.

Who- J.Calvin Jones, Frank O. McCord, John B. Kennedy, John C. Lester, James R. Crowe, and Richard R. Reed. These six people were all young college students. They were the people who started the KKK. KKK was started to get rid of the people they didn't like. The races that the KKK didn’t like were the Africans and the Jews especially Homosexual people.

Where- The KKK violence started after the Africans won an election and it enraged the KKK. After the election was won, the [|KKK started an underground campaign of violence]. After the violence started the KKK would kidnap and harass the Africans. After they harassed the Africans the KKK would kill them by hanging them. The KKK would pull Africans out of their homes and murder them by a burning cross. The group [|grew up in Pulaski, TN] The Klan then grew out towards Tennessee. The Klan grew out to almost all the southern states.

When- The Klan became a political organization. The Klan’s terrorism rose on March 31, 1868, the day of republican [|____George Ashburn's____] murder.The group grew up in Pulaski, Tennessee.The Klan grew out to almost all the southern states .Since the violence erupted Nathan, the Klan's first grand wizard, made an unsuccessful attempt to disband the Klan after all it's violence had started. In 1871 the Ku Klux act passed congress, which let president Ulysses S. Grant to use military force to stop the Klan. in 1882 the supreme court declared the KKK unconstitutional, which was kind of late being that reconstruction had ended, and the KKK wasn't active. But that wasn't the end of the KKK. Later in the 20th century, the Klan revived twice. Once in the 1910’s and 20’s with the help of [|____President Ulysses S. Grant____] against immigration. Then later in the 1950’s and 60’s against the african-american civil rights movement. Once again, they made their presence clear in 2006 in response to gay marriage and against immigration again.

What- The Ku Klux Klan was a political organization at first trying to intimidate black voters and white Supporters. They were against the white supporters because they supported the blacks who voted for Republicans. The KKK soon became a dangerous group, somewhat like a gang. The KKK is a racist group of white people who was against [|immagration] who have committed their lives’ to violence and crimes against all races of color. The Ku Klux Klan consists of 40 Klan groups and over a hundred [|Klan Chapters] with a total of 8,000 members in America. Why- The Ku Klux Klan aka the [|KKK] started this group after the civil war as an organization to keep ex-slaves. Th ey believed they had [|more power] than others based on their race and quickly turned into a hate group against republicans and Africans. The Ku Klux Klan would kill African Americans because they believed they were evil and they weren't real human beings. They believed that they didn't know how to live properly and were unimportant to the world. They believed killing Africans was the only way to solve the problem of their “unimportance” and they wanted them to stop repopulating.