When someone’s goal is to disrupt lives, harm innocent people, and generally cause as much pain and chaos as possible this is known as terrorism. In society today people think that this is a new concept or something that started on September 11, 2001, but it is not. People can not forget the early documented acts of terror that were a group called the Ku Klux Klan (KKK or Klan) who still exists today. The Ku Klux Klan is an organization of institutionalized race hatred and people who commit violent racist crimes (“Ku Klux Klan”). A former Methodist preacher William J. Simmons founded the new Ku Klux Klan in 1915 in Atlanta, Georgia (“The Ku Klux Klan Founded”). The organization began just a few days after slavery was outlawed in America. In 1915 a new version of the society was formed by another group of white southerners (Kish). The Ku Klux Klan used terror to shape how
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However, that was not the case. The Klan did not only involve white men, there have been pictures proving that white woman and sometimes children were involved as well. The women were known as Klanswoman because they were "known to be owned by Ku Klux Klan members." The woman of the Klan reportedly did not have a huge part in the real policies or hatred. Which later was proven untrue. Usually, the woman would not participate in assassinations or lynchings but they did participate in parades, cross lightings, lectures, rallies, and boycotts of businesses owned by Catholics and Jews. They were very focused on the schools. For an example, they tried to get the Roman Catholic teachers fired. In result of their efforts, the state of Texas would not hire Catholic teachers. It was the rise of the Fundamentalist movement, the KKK firmly supported the movement. The woman of the Klan reportedly did not have a huge part in the real policies or hatred
However, that was not the case. The Klan did not only involve white men, there have been pictures proving that white woman and sometimes children were involved as well. The women were known as Klanswoman because they were "known to be owned by Ku Klux Klan members." The woman of the Klan reportedly did not have a huge part in the real policies or hatred. Which later was proven untrue. Usually, the woman would not participate in assassinations or lynchings but they did participate in parades, cross lightings, lectures, rallies, and boycotts of businesses owned by Catholics and Jews. They were very focused on the schools. For an example, they tried to get the Roman Catholic teachers fired. In result of their efforts, the state of Texas would not hire Catholic teachers. It was the rise of the Fundamentalist movement, the KKK firmly supported the movement. The woman of the Klan reportedly did not have a huge part in the real policies or hatred