Their group was a test group. It was to see if African Americans can have their own military group. The men were recruited if they had to past a training course. They had to have a good IQ in other
The Klu-Klux-Klan was a white supremacist group that opposed “Reconstruction” and equal rights for freed slaves (Hook Exercise). They, to my standards, really would do whatever it takes to stop Reconstruction, even if it meant killing innocent people for that. John W. Stephens, a former senator from Caswell, was brutally murdered by none other than the Klu-Klux-Klan in a Grand Jury room (Doc. A Par.1). John W. Stephens was stabbed five to six times then even hanged on a hook in the same jury room.
Document A states, “John W. Stephens, State Senator from Caswell, is dead. He was found murdered by the Ku Klux Klan in the Grand Jury room.” This details the brutal and exemplary murder of a Republican by the white terrorist group known as the KKK. Intimidation tactics like this threatened reconstruction because it made Republicans hesitant to run for office for fear of violence. This prevented the passing of acts that would advance African Americans in society.
Windrow Wilson has always been written from a white perspective.” His administration used the excuse of anticommunism to surveil and undermine black newspapers, organization and union leader (Loewen, 1995, p.20). Windrow Wilson was a white supremacist he used his term in office to belittle African American even more. ‘’He segregated the Navy, which has not previously been segregated, relocated African American to kitchen and boiler work (Loewen, 1995, p.20) Windrow Wilson was the only president know of who’s ever celebrated the Ku Klux Klan in the White House. “ In his infamous masterpiece The Clansmen, a paean to the Ku Klux Klan for its role in putting down “black-dominated” Republican state governments during Reconstruction (Loewen,1995,p.20) .
Though another standpoint is Bailey’s, who didn’t consider the actions of the KKK to allow them to be called heroes or terrorists. He didn’t talk about all the lynching’s made famous by the KKK, but called their activities “tomfoolery”. (15) Finally, Norton goes into detail by saying that the leaders of the KKK “allowed factionalism along racial and class lines to undermine party unity.” (19) Norton describes more about the main reason as to why the KKK was created and the purpose of existing, which was to terrorize the freed slaves and to make the south the way it was before the
As a result of this, racist organizations were founded to wreaked havoc on former slaves. Secret societies in the southern united states, such as the Ku Klux Klan and the Knights of the White Camellia used violence against the blacks. Their goal was often to keep blacks out of politics. Our textbook states, “In other states, where blacks were a majority or where the populations of the two races were almost equal, whites used outright intimidation and violence to undermine the Reconstruction regimes” (Brinkley 368). The people involved in such organizations were using violence to take away the fifteenth amendment right from the former slaves.
They used modern advertising method to gain 5 million members by 1925. The KKK in this time period were not against only African Americans, but also Catholics, Jews, foreigners, and suspected Communists, due to the Red Scare. They used cruel punishments as tactics to intimidate anybody deemed as “un-American”. From whipping, tar and feathering, and even hanging, the KKK was ruthless.
The Ku Klux Klan first emerged in Pulaski, Tennessee following the Civil War. As we know today, the mere mention of the Klan triggers fear as the KKK is known for its various tactics of violence that came in the form if lynchings, murders, and mutilations. Following their emergence, the KKK were quickly symbolized and portrayed as the protectors of the South, following the defeat of the Southern states in the Civil War and the beginning of the period of Reconstruction by the federal government (Gurr, 1989, p. 132). During the 1920s, the KKK achieved its greatest political success and growth outside of the South. During this period, the membership of the Klan heavily expanded to the states of Indiana, Ohio, Illinois, Oklahoma, Colorado, and Oregon, to which the KKK obtained two to two and one-half million members at its apex.
He then goes into detail about the low percentages of the African American people who were in congress or in higher offices for the negro carpet bag rule. Although many African Americans that studied in the north returned to the south after the war, many were still illiterate and unprepared to participate in voting which lead to corruption. The author then reports Caucasian men were corrupt in a way that decreased the African Americans from being officials or testifying against a Caucasian and overthrowing them. The author concludes with the Ku Klux Klan which terrorized the African American with violence due to the increase of Caucasians not tolerating blacks as
This paper will discuss the difference between the Ku Klux Klan and The Black Panther Party two extremist groups. The historical foundation of these two groups along with the comparison of their extremist activities, and the motivating factors which fueled and heighten their motivational actions. The movement of these two groups were prompted by the two different beliefs with the Ku Klux Klan motives being from racism, and the Black Panther forming for the protection of their communities from racial tension. The Ku Klux Klan was founded in Tennessee by veteran confederate soldiers lead by General Nathan Bedford in 1865 during the time of the Reconstruction Era as a result of resistance to the Republican Party’s support of the Reconstruction
Former slaves who “tried to vote or participate in politics [were] likely to be singled out for “punishment”” by a terrorist organization named as the Ku Klux Klan, until the Congress passed the Force Bill in 1871 that gave the federal authorities the right to arrest and pursue active members of the KKK. But, the bill appeared to be only figurative as not really much of the Klan’s members were prosecuted (Hazen
As the Ku Klux Klan’s membership grew, organizations such as the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), which fought to end racial discrimination and segregation, grew as well. With these two growing groups pushing for opposite ideals, tensions continued to increase. The NAACP pushed for reform and rights for African Americans and the Ku Klux Klan combated their progress with lynching and
For example, the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) was a violent hate group that developed after the Civil War that targeted black and Democratic voters and politicians. “They also generally believed in the innate inferiority of blacks… and resented the rise of former slaves to a status of civil equality and… positions of political power. Thus, the Klan became an illegal organization committed to destroying the Reconstruction governments” (Ku Klux Klan). The KKK would resort to incredibly violent measures, such as murder, to prevent freedmen from having a voice. Congress knew of the horrors of the KKK and they tried to stop the KKK, but found it incredibly difficult.
As on date the group is at best 37 strong (Subcommittee Report - The Weather Underground 1975, 43). The fact that the Weatherman went underground was the decline of the organization. Mao who is the master of this ideology postulates that for any revolutionary movement to succeed there has to be an overt political faction that works to create mass base amongst people along with the armed struggle. The Weatherman by going underground not only alienated themselves but also lost out on creating a mass base of overt popular support (if ever there was one). Mao postulates that Insurgents can swim like fishes among the masses but the Weatherman who were at best Domestic Terrorists didn’t have much public support and their organizational structure of a clandestine Central Committee further alienated themselves.
For instance,’’When the black students, known as the ‘’Little Rock Nine,’’ attempted to enter Central High School, segregationists threatened to hold protests and physically block the students from entering the school ’’ (Source B). This shows that all of the segregationists did not believe the fortunate African American students were as smart or worthy of going to school with Caucasians. As well, this exhibits how much anti-negros would do just to prevent what they thought was wrong from happening, which included violence. In addition, even though most people disagreed with the ‘’Little Rock Nine’’ from going to school, a few agreed,’’The rest of the country seemed to side with the black students...
