1 jan 1866 ano - Ku Klux Klan

Descrição:

• Tenessee
• Unity of purpose without unity of organization
– Violence/fear/terror for political, social, and economic ends
• Attacked African-American leaders (political intimidation)
– To "kill out the leading men of the Republican Party" who spoke out
• Klan members cut across class lines
– Leadership positions often held by "leading" citizens (planters, merchants, lawyers, clergy, newspaper editors, governers)
• Public response was quiet
– Tacit approval
– Climate that accepted violence as part of life
– Perpetuated racial sterotypes
– Responsibility to halt crime was not the victim's, but the state (it didn't halt it)

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