jan 17, 1871 - Special Message to the Senate on “disloyal organizations” intended to resist the laws or to deprive citizens of the United States of the protection of law or the enjoyment of their rights under the Constitution.” The attachments further recount racist and partisan violence across the South, emphasizing the Ku Klux Klan
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