In the late fifties, Eleanor had a bounty on her head, not to mention, Eleanor was in her seventies. The bounty was created by the Ku Klux Klan, it was for twenty-five thousand dollars. At the time she was no longer the first lady, but she was still as active in the civil rights movement as much as she was in her younger years. In June, Eleanor Roosevelt was to speak at a workshop in Monteagle, Tennessee; when the KKK found out about this they decided to go with evil thoughts in mind. The FBI warned Eleanor about the threat and advised her not to go, she thanked them kindly and stated that she will show up anyways. Eleanor went through the clan, in a car that had a loaded pistol on the dashboard, she was not harmed. Eleanor Roosevelt courageously
