Student Kkk Presentation 1p2x5b

Ku Klux Klan (kkk)

BY: Tate, Rachel & Kyla

Background Info Founded in 1865. KKK stands for Ku Klux Klan Lynched African American men, women, and children. Consisted of millions of whites. Wore white clothing that hid their faces. Used violence against those who did not obey their rules regarding the person’s race. Burned down crosses to show racial superiority.

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● Founded in 1866 ● Lynched African Americans ● Used violence against people of different race. ● If you were African American, you were inferior. ● They were treated like second-hand citizens.

KKK (Ku Klux Klan)

● Originated in the South (Pulaski, Tennessee)

● Whites feel that the white race should be more superior while the colored races should be treated poorly. ● The colored people were not fighting against the whites, but they didn’t want to get killed. (They

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Who was involved in the organization? What did they do? White Southerners from all classes of society Other terrorist groups White supremacists and Southern democrats Intimidated blacks and Republicans who tried to win political power

What were a few major events that this organization was a part of? 1870 - U.S. Congress ed the Enforcement Act, attempted to prevent the KKK from violating citizens constitutional protections but the law produced little result. 1870-The South Carolina republican governor Robert Scott was elected of the African American vote,enraging of the kkk. 1871- President Grant suspended writ habeas corpus in response. It applied to all arrest made by the us marshals and federal troops in the state's western countries. By the end of November some 600 arrest were made.

Why is this organization so important to the Civil Rights Movement? The ku klux klan was a direct response to the south’s defeat in the Civil war the klan targeted black freedmen and their allies; it sought to restore white supremacy by threats and violence, including beatings, lynchings, and murder. Congress had took action to curtail the violence and the organization by using Enforcement Acts to prosecute Klansmen.

During the late 1960’s the kkk burned school buses, burned crosses, bombings, beatings and lynching to prove the point they live on. The kkk was an important part of the civil rights movement because they were against the equal rights for all the colors in people.

Something interesting you may not know 1st klan 1865-1870’s unknown

2nd klan 1915-1944 3,000,000–6,000,000 (peaked in 1924–25)

3rd klan 1946-present 5,000-8,000

How did the KKK relate to the novel? The KKK believed… whites were a racially superior compared to blacks they shouldn’t have rights they are less than whites Lynching was OK to do to an African American

The KKK’s beliefs relate to “How to Kill a Mockingbird” because it describes how the African Americans were treated like second-hand citizens. They didn’t have the same rights compared to a white person. The KKK had also lynched many African Americans from early as the 1880s which later became a normal practice in the South until the 1930’s. Many African Americans were killed for no

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