Ku Klux Klan In The 1920s

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The Ku Klux Klan (KKK) has harshly established hatred toward people of color ever since the 1920s when the 2nd Ku Klux Klan movement started formatting a strong power both racially and politically. The Klan “made it clear from the first that fending off the challenges to white supremacy- whether they come from blacks or whites- was central to its mission. (Nancy Maclean, ###) which forms the basis of the Klan. The white supremacies activists used fear to isolate the youth with a certain view points on how dangerous a certain race could be if ‘unattended’. An emotion, such as fear is manipulated by people that desire vengeance or success in an event such as the KKK movement. The idea of fear being used during the 20th century era is illustrated

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