The Ku Klux Klan





 Ku Klux Klan

The Ku Klux Klan (KKK) was a terrorist group, which is known for its violent past and hate towards black people. The group still exists but not as a terrorist group. According to the KKK only white h eterosexual Christians deserve civil rights. The clan is also known for their white s uits and pointy hats. Not only did they believe that black people were threat, but also Jews, Catholics, gays and lesbians, even though they started hating only on the black people, and white people who supported the rights of b lack people. The KKK is also a Christian organization. But what caused the beginning of the Ku Klux Klan, and what influence did they have on American history?

 The KKK was formed in Tennessee in 1866 during the reconstruction after the Civil War. The Klan wanted to intimidate Southern blacks. They thought that immigrants threatened American values and they therefore started a violent campaign. At this time there was a lot focus on black people, who were no longer slaves and were starting to gain equal rights with white people. The clan was against that, and did not see black people as equals. They also blamed the immigrants for the election of the Radical Republicans who wanted black and white people to have the same rights. So the KKK was made as a reaction to all that. They wanted to fight for white people and America.

 In the 1920 s the KKK membership was over 5 millions. In the 1950 s the black people in the South wanted to remove the Jim Crow Laws that legally supported racial discrimination, and KKK started attacking black people. The KKK killed and tortured many black people and also white people who had sympathy for them, and the clan bombed many black schools and churches. Among the many dead blacks were a lso several kids. Between 1955 and 1965 the KKK killed about 40 civil rights workers. The clan had no mercy for b lack people, and were proud of their actions. When America started to evolve they got televisions and the KKK’s acts were f ilmed and shown to every American. They saw how terrible their actions were and the KKK lost their support from the people. The clan membership declined and according to the KKK it was because: “By this point the media had created a false picture of what the Klan stood for.”[1] For them nothing had changed, but American citizens had never seen the KKK’s true violence before. The clan disbanded several times but they always got restored again. They clan still thought the same way about the blacks and did not want to give up.

 Almost every American and also people from all over the world, have heard about the KKK. The clan left an impact in the world and especially in America. People are shocked and scared of what the clan has done over the years. Even though a lot of people were on the KKK’s side back then, most people see them as an evil and fearsome group today. They made an impact on the American history because they took action and they did not stop before the policed forced them to stop their violence. They used violence for what they thought was to protect their country. Even though that meant killing a lot of people, they still thought they did the right thing. Many people were terrified of the KKK. Despite all that is mentioned above, many people still see other races as hostile today. The way we see black people today is different from person to person, so even though a lot has changed trough time some things are still the same and some people still se black people the same way.

 So the KKK changed to history in several w ays. The clan was a violent clan who thought for the rights of the white people and believed that black people were a threat to America. They did not want the black people to have the same rights as white people and they therefore bombed black schools and churches and lynched many black people. The clan was made as a reaction to the slaves being freed and getting equal rights as white Americans. The KKK became really infamous and was feared by many people. They changed the way a lot of people saw racial differences.





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