In 1917, when America entered World War I, the Klan found a purpose. The nation needed to be defended against illegal aliens, immoral women, slackers, and strike leaders or else victory of our nation would be endangered. By doing this, they recruited thousands of new members. These new members viewed the KKK as an organization doing good deeds for the country. These few thousands of members were not enough for Simmons. He recruited Edward Young Clarke and Mrs. Elizabeth Tyler to publicize the Klan. They together were the Southern Publicity Association. They did not even have to do very much. The minute anyone said the words Ku Klux, editors from all over the nation wanted to get in on it. After a while, the Klan was doing better than Simmons had ever dreamed, but to these new members, white supremacy and fraternal secrecy was not enough. "From the lip-service to the traditional racial values of the white South, the Klan shifted into a pyrotechnically aggressive defense of one-hundred-percent Americanism.""(32).
Even Simmons was doing this for show. When introduced to a group of Georgia Klansmen, he silently took a Colt automatic from his pocket and put it on the table in front of him. He then got out a revolver and put it on the table too. Then he unbuckled his cartridge belt and draped it between the two weapons. Next he drew out a bowie knife and stabbed it into the center of all the things he had placed on the table, still without making a sound. Then he said "Now let the Niggers, Catholics, Jews, and all others who disdain my imperial wizardry, come on!- The Klan organizer was told to find out the concerns of the community and offer the Klan as the solution. The words Negro, Jew, Oriental, Roman Catholic, and alien were associated with drugs, bootlegging, night clubs, violation of the Sabbath, sex, and infidelity because of this. When everyone heard that the Klan was going to clean up the town, everyone wanted to join.
The Ku Klux Klan organized a little while after the American Civil War. ... The Ku Klux Klan manly consisted of old Confederate Army Officers. ... The Ku Klux Klan's original purpose in the South was to scare African Americans out of voting. ... By 1915 the Ku Klux Klan was reformed by a preacher named William J. ... With the rise of Klan members the Ku Klux Klan became bold and began targeting Freedom Schools. ...
The Ku Klux Klan is a secret organization that was formed in South America in the state called Mississippi in the early 1900's which until this day still exists; the original Ku Klux Klan was organized in Pulaski, in the state of Georgia on December 24, 1865, by six former Confederate army officers. ... The name Ku Klux Klan comes from the Greek word "kuklos" which means circle. The Ku Klux Klan also called the KKK has killed many black people during the American civil war. ... The Ku Klux Klan was mostly active in between 1963 to 1970. ... This is to show how the Ku Klux Klan is....
However, with the Klan demanding freedom of speech, with political figures related to the Ku Klux Klan still bringing prejudice to politics throughout the country, and with multitudes of African-American churches being burned to the ground, it seems as if the Ku Klux Klan is still a threat to the citizens of this country. The Ku Klux Klan has played a major role in United States history. ... (Harrel, 309) The idea of public officials having involvement in the Ku Klux Klan is frightening, and still today it is present. ... Today, the Ku Klux Klan does not just ...
A secret society was formed called the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan. ... The first is the Christian Knights of the Ku Klux Klan. ... The second and thirds are The Knights of the Ku Klux Klan. ... The fourth is the Federation of Klans, Knights of the Ku Klux Klan that was formed in April 1994. ... The fifth Klan faction is the Knights of the White Camellia Ku Klux Klan, formed in 1992 and 1993. ...
The Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871 and the Joint Select Committee majority report were responses to an escalating civil unrest during the Reconstruction Period of the United States. These acts were established to dismantle, or at the very least, control the practices of the Ku Klux Klan. ... The Ku Klux Klan Act and the Joint Select Committee's majority report can be seen as succeeding "in suppressing the Klan's activities in those regions where it was enforced."" ... Their testimony gave "the most complete and reliable account of [the Ku Klux Klan's] operations during Reconstruction....
We call these groups the Ku Klux Klan, or the KKK, and the Mexican Cartel. ... Organization's Mission The Ku Klux Klan, which once started as a social club, was formed in 1866 by six college students in Pulaski, Tennessee. ... In response to the movement, the Ku Klux Klan planned to put a stop to this progressive movement among the African American community. ... Historical Context The Ku Klux Klan formed in 1965, or December 24th to be exact. ... For example, there is a denomination called the Fraternal White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan in Tennessee. ...
Millions of lives have been taken by such parties as the Nazi's and the Ku Klux Klan since the birth of our country. ... However, with the Klan demanding freedom of speech, with political figure related to the Ku Klux Klan still bringing prejudice to politics throughout the country, and with multitudes of African-American churches being burned to the ground, it seems as if the Ku Klux Klan is still a threat to the citizens of this country. The Ku Klux Klan has played a major role in United States history. ... The idea of public officials having involvement in the Ku Klux Klan is fright...
It was originally organized as a secret social club (Ku Klux Klan 1). ... Later on the name was changed to Ku Klux Klan to represent a college fraternity (Kronchwetter 19). ... The Ku Klux Klan especially targeted Republicans because the freed slaves were joining the party. ... They were commonly tortured or killed because of their involvement (Ku Klux Klan 1). ... So a year later congress passed the, "Ku Klux Klan Acts," this strengthen the punishment and also allowed the suspension if Habeas Corpus while the state is under martial law (Ku Klux Klan 2). ...
