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Effect Of The Klu Klux Klan On African American Community

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The public assassination of President Kennedy could have also been used specifically to frighten the African American community. When President Kennedy took over office in 1961 the African American population where denied the right to vote and banned from public places and experienced unnecessary violence with no justice from the legal system. African Americans saw President Kennedy as hope for equal living. He supported everything that white supremacist where against. The Klu Klux Klan (KKK) was an extremist group that advocated white supremacy and white nationalism. The KKK used terrorist methods, such as murdering or assault against groups of who they opposed. These extremist where regular members in the community with easy access

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