White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan

Homer Stokes. O Brother Where Art Thou, painted the picture of politicians in the South as negative, which is true. Many politicians in the South had racist views and that was evident with Homer Stokes. Stokes is caught by Everett, Delmar and Pete at a Klan rally in which they planned to hang Tommy. Pappy O’Daniel was not any better because he only changed his views about the Soggy Bottom Boys being integrated after he saw the public’s widespread support of the band. Pappy is going to capitalize…

reconstruction effort began. The leader of the Republican, Abraham Lincoln, was assassinated, and his vice president, a former democrat and white supremacist was elevated to presidency. Additionally, besides the opposition Republicans faced within their own group, there was strong opposition in the south to Reconstruction, most importantly encapsulated in the Ku Klux Klan. The issue of supporting free slaves also became a huge issue, as slaves were freed with only their clothes as their…

the door was closed. Many groups of Americans have been oppressed, and not given the equal access to the liberties they were entitled. Following the Civil War, African Americans, women, and Native Americans have not had the same rights as affluent white men. The Civil War fragmented the country, and following the victory of the union, African Americans were freed. The Emancipation Proclamation…

women, blacks, and gangs. The new flow of immigrants was restricted and controlled due to the hysteria induced by the Red Scare with liberals challenging the nativists. The traditional fundamentalism in religion challenged modern values with the Ku Klux Klan, the Scopes trials, and exploring religion in the United States. The mass media of the decade contributed to the growth of affordable consumer…

memories of brave men”, the Daughters of Confederate Veterans took on literacy and historical initiatives. Through these items Confederate heritage could be safely carried on into proceeding generations, and more importantly, the protection of the white, social elite in the South could remain intact, unobstructed by the inconveniences and contradictions of an otherwise sordid…

Justice is Not Just The justice system does not give a fair trial to those outside of cultural norms. These norms usually consist of “white, middle class” people. Trials are unfair because of stereotypes held by jurors and biased opinions against the poor and minority populations. These problems have been entrenched in our culture for centuries and are exposed in popular media and culture. Not only does the 1957 movie, Twelve Angry Men, show these biases, they are also shown in the more recent…

information of what slavery is. African America where part of the biggest slave market. New Orleans history states, “In 1721 more black male slaves than free white men lived in the city . . . A large number of slaves arrived in New Orleans between 1719 and 1731.” New Orleans history is saying that as slaves were migrated into New Orleans leading each white male to own multiple black slaves making the population of slaves grow bigger than those who live there. Throughout the years, as the black…

era was not only an era where many former slaves had been granted an increase of freedom, but an era of great resistance and change. During this time, free slaves and African Americans were pushing for suffrage as well as the same opportunities as whites, merely because their idea of freedom had been based on their accounts…

well off; however, in the eyes of the white society, he is still inferior and denied the justice he deserves. This view of African Americans actually existed in American History, as seen in the Ku Klux Klan. During the same time as the novel, KKK harassed innocent African Americans because of a white superiority complex. Racism is developed throughout the novel because of the justice…

grew in popularity and flourished throughout the South after slaves had become emancipated in 1863, after the Reconstruction era. White Southerners blamed the overwhelming amount of lynchings on the African American population, claiming that the growing idea of racial equality provoked African Americans to display their dominance through false accusations that involved white women. Senator Benjamin R. Tillman insisted that the amount of lynching was due to the fear of the racial hierarchy…