The Ku Klux Klan has existed since the mid nineteenth century. The Klan has had periods membership numbered in the millions, whereas nowadays they do not have as much influence as in the past.What has ceased to change is the media depicting the Ku Klux Klan as a hateful group of bigots wanting to solely wipe out any non-white race. However, the media has not only surfaced many misconception but they fail to realize that the Klan is actually within US Constitutional rights. Because the Bill of Rights guarantees American citizens the freedom of speech and to peacefully assemble, the Ku Klux Klan has the right to continue their practices. With that being said, excluding some violent outburst conducted by Klan subgroups, no one has the right to stop the KKK from protesting, speaking their beliefs, or celebrating their heritage.
It has been heard and talked about throughout history, that there was never such a thing as "The" Ku Klux Klan. There is traceable evidence of different movements and organizations that have used this name. The history of the K.K.K. corresponds with the history of race relations from our country. The Klan can be divided into five different eras: The Reconstruction, The End of the War (& Pulaski Six), The Klan Mobilization, The Reign of Terror, and The End of the First Era. Each stage was brought out by economic and social changes. Each stage also is at the same point in time as an escalation in racial standings.
The Ku Klux Klan Ideology
Originally, the Ku Klux Klan had a structured ideology; it was create by the discontent of the Confederates with the results of the Guerra of the secession in the United States. The fight to resist reconstruction and the fight against the Republican Party. In 1867, their ideology was transformed into slavery and racist, since they were guided by the idea of the inferiority of the black race, claiming that blacks because they were born slaves had to live and die as such; unlike the white race, which were consider superior. Its main objective was suppressing the rights of the black race, and prevail the supremacy of the white race (Akins. K., 2006).
e ku klux klan first started in the year 1865. In greek it means kyklos meaning “circle”. the group was formed out of confederate veterans in Pulaski Tennessee and then in the summer of 1866 they began organizing their own convention and later created an establishment in what they called “an invisible empire of the south”
The Klu KLux Klan is one of the oldest Racial Gangs in America Starting in 1867 during the reconstruction of america after the civil war. they were designed to take back power that the Freed Slaves took after they were set free. They tried to beat and kill the Slaves to scare them from taking political power and taking their jobs. S they would beat and kill anyone who would help them or hated the Klan they would even kill white people because they supported or even help the slaves with work or gave them a job that the Klan thought white people should have. But that did not last long because the federal government got involved and passed a bill that any Klan activity was to stop or they would be arre
The Ku Klux Klan had a large influence on the lives of everyone in the Southern United States in the late 1800s throughout the early 1900s. To Kill A Mockingbird is set in the 1930s which was just after the Ku Klux Klan reached their largest capacity of members. The KKK was just one of the many problems that the very mature protagonist Jean Louise Finch faced as a child in To Kill A Mockingbird. Jean Louise was heavily influenced by many things including the KKK without directly having altercations with these things.
Ku Klux Klan comes from the Greek word kyklos meaning circle and the English word clan (Britannica). “The first amendment defends all forms of speech including hate speech, which is why groups like [the] Ku Klux Klan are allowed to utter their poisonous remarks,” indicated Salman Rushie, a person against the Klan (Rushie). The Ku Klux Klan was a group that criticized and attacked mainly blacks, but also American Indians, Asians, Catholics, and Jews. According to the constitution, all men are created equal, regardless of race or religion, thus, the Ku Klux Klan has no right to harm anyone.
The Ku Klux Klan, or "KKK" as we all know today, was created in the spring of 1866. Six Confederate veterans who formed a social club in Pulaski, Tennessee founded it. This version of the "KKK" only lasted for six years, but it left enough tactics and rituals to last a lifetime. These rituals and tactics would be used in following generations of "KKK"-goers. (Ingalls, 9) The Klan, at first, was a very small group and kept everything in secrecy. The exact date the Klan began is ambiguous. Even though the Klan was in to this secrecy bit, the six "KKK" members initiated new members into their social club. (Ingalls, 9) A year after the creation of the Ku Klux Klan, the onetime social club joined the campaign against the Republican reconstruction. The Klan was now planning and organizing their platform and was ready to expand to a larger group.
The Ku Klux Klan began in Pulaski, Tennessee in 1865 (Martin). It started out as a group of men creating a social club, mainly for confederate soldiers who had fought in the war. Its name is derived from kuklos, meaning circle of friends (Martin). It was a secret society with rules and codes, and men were given special titles (Bartoletti,25). The nature of the Klan was not originally to be destructive, but as it began to grow and more white men and confederate soldiers joined, the purpose changed. Tension grew across the country as Reconstruction went under way and white southerners were unhappy. The Kl...
Initially the First KKK was founded in 1865, six Confederate Army men in Pulaski Tennessee (PBS). The association had little organization above the local level, but was able spread throughout the South rapidly. The Klan was soon introduced to lawyers, sheriffs, mayors, and common criminals alike as a secret vigilante group (PBS). After a systematic period of decline, the Second KKK arose in 1915. They were composed of white Protestant nativists and established a modern business system of recruiting as members had t...