White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan

being its victor. White America voted for an elitist, racist, and sexist champion of white supremacist values to lead the United States for four years, and with huge talks of re-election in 2020. Much of how this nightmare for many has come to fruition is how Donald Trump navigated the American systems of oppression regarding the media portrayal of minorities and women, utilizing the “southern strategy” to campaign, and his ability to vocally spew and incite racist actions to White America. The…

alliterative word "klan," and the "Ku Klux Klan" was born. Their nightly rides, in which members disguised themselves in masks and flowing robes, soon became a political successor to the prewar slave patrols in controlling newly freed blacks. Particularly across the upper South, Klansmen sought to overturn the new Republican state governments, drive black men out of politics, control black labor, and restore black subordination. Led by elites and drawing on a cross-section of white male society,…

developments were mainly constitutional and social. Events occurring throughout the North and South contributing to the revolution include: The southern secession, the Emancipation Proclamation, the ratification of amendments 13 through 15, the Ku Klux Klan, the Freedman’s Bureau and Black Codes. Throughout the era of 1860-1877, the constitutional and social developments both contributed…

discrimination, corruption among others. The civil war had left the whole land and cities in ruins. Property worth millions had been destroyed during the war. After the war, slaves were freed and could build new lives or could be employed to work in the White Settlers farm. The economy of the South cities was in jeopardy and rebuilding it was a major challenge for both the Southerners…

Scopes: The Battle over America’s Soul The battle between science and nature seems to be one that is never ending. One of the times when this battle came to a head was in 1925 when a trial occurred over whether evolution was okay to be taught in school. In Tennessee, the practice was outlawed, but when a teacher in Dayton Ohio was coerced into using a textbook that contained evolution, the debate became one of major national attention. John Scopes, a twenty-four year old math and science…

security threat groups include the Aryan Brotherhood, The Klu Klux Klan, The Folks, The Nation of Islam, and MS13. Groups within the correctional facilities are categorized as STGs depending upon parameters such as gang history, purpose, involvement in illegal activities, propensity for violence, and its structure and composition. The Aryan Brotherhood, also known as The Brand, Alice Baker, AB or One-Two, is one of the nation’s oldest major white supremacist prison gang and…

basically known as the Klan. The Klan started in 1866. By 1870 it almost extended into all of the southern states. It became an all white group to resist to the republicans on the new laws that were created. The new laws were concerning the equal rights for black people everywhere. The members of the Klan were secret at first and was planning a lot of things like violent actions toward specifically to the african americans. Even though the government outlawed the KKK the people in the Klan were…

provide a new and better life to African Americans. Many continued to stay with their old masters while others left to find new opportunities, education, and land of their own (Brinkley, 2014). There were several obstacles standing in their way, chiefly white supremacists…

history and two organisations, out of many against racial justice, will be analysed. These two groups are the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) and the White Citizens Council (WCC). Two strategies the KKK used were lynching and supporting the prohibition of alcohol while the WCC used propaganda and intimidation. These strategies will be discussed as well as the extent of their success. The KKK is a white supremacy group which was first founded in 1865 by seven Southern men from Tennessee. When the 15th…

slaves. While congress passed the first Civil Rights Act, and the 14th and 15th amendments white southerners held steadfastly to their beliefs. When reconstruction started to wan there had been little improvement in their economic and social status. In 1877 the Jim Crow laws were enacted, under these laws blacks were treated as second class citizens. The Jim Crow laws laid out segregation clearly, blacks and whites social interactions were severely regulated. Perhaps the vilest thing that came…