The Ku Klux Klan (KKK) has been a controversial terroristic group over the years in the United States since their inception. They first came into existence in the “South” during radicalization of the “Reconstruction Era.” Actually, during “pre-civil war era,” “segregation of blacks” was the norm, as they were controlled by societal elites. Historical facts depict that this “organization” was originated upon great detestation by the “Klansmen” toward the newly “emancipated freedmen” for intrusively invading their territory. The Klan attracted a vast amount of followers incited on inflicting punishment not befitting any humans. However, with the antagonistic
As a matter of fact, a brief review of the book “Black Resistance to the Ku Klux Klan …show more content…
207 in the article “Ku Klux Klan,” St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture,” he asserts that the “Klan’s” name was derived from the denotation “circle,” or “a corruption of clan or family,” who were considered to be nocturnal hunters, because they would adorn themselves in “ghostly white sheets” to scare “their …show more content…
The (KKK) was an umbrella for smaller “white supremacist groups” like “the White Brotherhood, the Knights of the White Camellia, and others,” whose agenda was intimidating the “Freedmen” into not exercising their constitutional rights. In other words, if “blacks” were to become autonomous “or otherwise seeming to forget their place in the stratified society,” this would be a cause for retribution. As a result, up until “1870s” terror became the norm for the group. For example, just look at the photo on the previous page of the hanging of two men with the crowd in the background cheering on. This shows you the extent to which they had gone to administer
As a matter of fact, a brief review of the book “Black Resistance to the Ku Klux Klan …show more content…
207 in the article “Ku Klux Klan,” St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture,” he asserts that the “Klan’s” name was derived from the denotation “circle,” or “a corruption of clan or family,” who were considered to be nocturnal hunters, because they would adorn themselves in “ghostly white sheets” to scare “their …show more content…
The (KKK) was an umbrella for smaller “white supremacist groups” like “the White Brotherhood, the Knights of the White Camellia, and others,” whose agenda was intimidating the “Freedmen” into not exercising their constitutional rights. In other words, if “blacks” were to become autonomous “or otherwise seeming to forget their place in the stratified society,” this would be a cause for retribution. As a result, up until “1870s” terror became the norm for the group. For example, just look at the photo on the previous page of the hanging of two men with the crowd in the background cheering on. This shows you the extent to which they had gone to administer