The Klu Klux KlanEssay Preview: The Klu Klux KlanReport this essayThe Ku Klux Klan is a secret terrorist organization. They led underground resistance against the civil rights and political power of the newly freed slaves during the Reconstruction period after the American Civil War. The Klan was founded in 1866 in Pulaski Tennessee by Confederate veterans. It was meant to be a fraternity, social club; the Ku Klux Klan was reconstructed along the political and racial lines, a year later in Nashville, Tennessee. The Klan is sometimes called the Invisible Empire. The terrorist activities of the group began to increase with more kidnappings and murders in the South. The Klan is willing to do anything to obtain their ideal America.
A Brief History of The Klu Klux Klan – The KKK
In a sense, the KKK is the name for Klan for the racist group of Klansmen, a term from the German verb klansu. It originated in 1868 in England, the third of the last few centuries and, according to historian Stephen B. Fincher, was used by racist groups throughout the North African and Eurasian area, including in Northern Africa, for their alleged support of the British and Jewish regimes.
From 1866 until the Civil War, the Klan had three principal branches, the largest including the U.S. branch. The membership of the Ku Klux Klan grew by about 100,000 from 1865, during the period when the Klan was active in Southern states. The groups included the U.S. Army and the National Guard.
As it turned out, there was a small movement of Klansmen, many of them of the American Ku Klux Klan, to help organize American voters in the Southern states. In the 1880s, at the height of the KKK movement, there were 50 local chapters in California; 25 in Washington, D.C.; and four in Washington, D.C., according to a 1992 report by the NAACP, a group that represents thousands of white Americans who came to the United States as slaves. [6]
After the Klan’s inception, there were further political and racial splits, many caused by racial prejudice of which there is nothing to suggest why. In May of 1933, Klan President Joseph F. Klansman accused anti-Catholic politicians of supporting blacks in various localities who wanted to exclude Christianity and “the blood of the poor.” He also alleged that the Ku Klux Klan wanted to expand their presence in African-American areas.
In 1928, when the election of Franklin Roosevelt to the U.S. presidency caused the Klan to form, it merged with several of its major political families, including the American Federation for the Advancement of Colored People (AFCC), the NAACP, and American Jewish Congress. The Klan’s organization moved from South Carolina to Georgia and later to Missouri. It was not until 1937, when the Klan split with the U.S. KKK, that the KKK was able to return to Southern states to fight for slavery.
In 1931, at the height of the Ku Klux Klan’s political and economic power, former Klan leader Michael McCray was born in Louisiana. In an interview with The Anti-Defamation League, McCray said he belonged to the National Klan of Mississippi. The NAACP and the US Congress were concerned that the Southern Democrats, led by then-President John F. Kerry, could be influenced to help Democrats in order to “further the objectives of the KKK.” McCray, with the support of his family, founded the NKB group in Alabama. His father, Albert, was a Klansman.
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A Brief History of The Klu Klux Klan – The KKK
In a sense, the KKK is the name for Klan for the racist group of Klansmen, a term from the German verb klansu. It originated in 1868 in England, the third of the last few centuries and, according to historian Stephen B. Fincher, was used by racist groups throughout the North African and Eurasian area, including in Northern Africa, for their alleged support of the British and Jewish regimes.
From 1866 until the Civil War, the Klan had three principal branches, the largest including the U.S. branch. The membership of the Ku Klux Klan grew by about 100,000 from 1865, during the period when the Klan was active in Southern states. The groups included the U.S. Army and the National Guard.
As it turned out, there was a small movement of Klansmen, many of them of the American Ku Klux Klan, to help organize American voters in the Southern states. In the 1880s, at the height of the KKK movement, there were 50 local chapters in California; 25 in Washington, D.C.; and four in Washington, D.C., according to a 1992 report by the NAACP, a group that represents thousands of white Americans who came to the United States as slaves. [6]
After the Klan’s inception, there were further political and racial splits, many caused by racial prejudice of which there is nothing to suggest why. In May of 1933, Klan President Joseph F. Klansman accused anti-Catholic politicians of supporting blacks in various localities who wanted to exclude Christianity and “the blood of the poor.” He also alleged that the Ku Klux Klan wanted to expand their presence in African-American areas.
In 1928, when the election of Franklin Roosevelt to the U.S. presidency caused the Klan to form, it merged with several of its major political families, including the American Federation for the Advancement of Colored People (AFCC), the NAACP, and American Jewish Congress. The Klan’s organization moved from South Carolina to Georgia and later to Missouri. It was not until 1937, when the Klan split with the U.S. KKK, that the KKK was able to return to Southern states to fight for slavery.
In 1931, at the height of the Ku Klux Klan’s political and economic power, former Klan leader Michael McCray was born in Louisiana. In an interview with The Anti-Defamation League, McCray said he belonged to the National Klan of Mississippi. The NAACP and the US Congress were concerned that the Southern Democrats, led by then-President John F. Kerry, could be influenced to help Democrats in order to “further the objectives of the KKK.” McCray, with the support of his family, founded the NKB group in Alabama. His father, Albert, was a Klansman.
McCray
A Brief History of The Klu Klux Klan – The KKK
In a sense, the KKK is the name for Klan for the racist group of Klansmen, a term from the German verb klansu. It originated in 1868 in England, the third of the last few centuries and, according to historian Stephen B. Fincher, was used by racist groups throughout the North African and Eurasian area, including in Northern Africa, for their alleged support of the British and Jewish regimes.
From 1866 until the Civil War, the Klan had three principal branches, the largest including the U.S. branch. The membership of the Ku Klux Klan grew by about 100,000 from 1865, during the period when the Klan was active in Southern states. The groups included the U.S. Army and the National Guard.
As it turned out, there was a small movement of Klansmen, many of them of the American Ku Klux Klan, to help organize American voters in the Southern states. In the 1880s, at the height of the KKK movement, there were 50 local chapters in California; 25 in Washington, D.C.; and four in Washington, D.C., according to a 1992 report by the NAACP, a group that represents thousands of white Americans who came to the United States as slaves. [6]
After the Klan’s inception, there were further political and racial splits, many caused by racial prejudice of which there is nothing to suggest why. In May of 1933, Klan President Joseph F. Klansman accused anti-Catholic politicians of supporting blacks in various localities who wanted to exclude Christianity and “the blood of the poor.” He also alleged that the Ku Klux Klan wanted to expand their presence in African-American areas.
In 1928, when the election of Franklin Roosevelt to the U.S. presidency caused the Klan to form, it merged with several of its major political families, including the American Federation for the Advancement of Colored People (AFCC), the NAACP, and American Jewish Congress. The Klan’s organization moved from South Carolina to Georgia and later to Missouri. It was not until 1937, when the Klan split with the U.S. KKK, that the KKK was able to return to Southern states to fight for slavery.
In 1931, at the height of the Ku Klux Klan’s political and economic power, former Klan leader Michael McCray was born in Louisiana. In an interview with The Anti-Defamation League, McCray said he belonged to the National Klan of Mississippi. The NAACP and the US Congress were concerned that the Southern Democrats, led by then-President John F. Kerry, could be influenced to help Democrats in order to “further the objectives of the KKK.” McCray, with the support of his family, founded the NKB group in Alabama. His father, Albert, was a Klansman.
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The Decades”, is a TV series on the History Channel that describes American History beginning with our founding fathers, to present day America. One segment on the Klan describes how the Klan started and how the Klan used violence against blacks, Jews, Catholics, and homosexuals to obtain their goal of white supremacy in the U.S.
The Ku Klux Klan affected society in the past in many ways. It began in 1866 when confederate veterans led an underground resistance against newly freed slaves, civil rights and political power (“Ku Klux Klan” 1). The Klan promoted violence to obtain their ideal white supremacy country. Dressed in robes and hoods designed to frighten and intimidate victims and also to prevent identification by authorities(” Ku Klux Klan” 1). Klansmen whipped and murdered freed slaves during nighttime raids. African Americans feared the Klan because of their inhuman intimidation (” Wikipedia” 1).The Klan drove them out of their communities destroying their crops and burning their houses and farms. The murders and kidnapping started to increase, so the Grand Wizard called for national disbandment t in 1869, but local groups remained active.(“Ku Klux Klan” 1). The federal government passed the Force Act in 1870 and the Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871, authorizing the president to impose heavy penalties on terrorist groups. This would not be the last of the Invisible Empire (The Decades Collection).
The Klan reorganized in 1915 near Atlanta, Georgia (“Wikipedia” 9) . Their a new leader was William J. Simmons, a preacher influenced by Thomas Dixons Book, The Ku Klux Klan, and the movie, Birth of a Nation (“Wikipedia” 9). The second generation of the Klan was not only anti-black, but also took a stand against Roman Catholics, Jews, Homosexuals, foreigners and organized labor (“Ku Klux Klan history. com” 1). The Invisible Empire took as its symbol a burning cross and held rallies, parades and marches around the country (“Wikipedia” 10). At its peak in the 1920s, Klan membership exceeded 4 million people nationwide, under the leadership of Hiram W. Evans as the Imperial Wizard (“Ku Klux Klan Spartacus” 1). The National