The Original KKK

Weston Hill Theoharis

Talking About Freedom

10-24-21

The Original KKK

    The Ku Klux Klan is an extremist hate group in the United States, founded in 1865, in Tennessee. It was founded shortly after the Civil War ended. It used violence and murder to maintain white supremacy in Southern government and social life. It disappeared in the 1870s, but was created again in 1915 and has continued on towards the present day. The POV I have come across is that The KKK wanted whites to have advantages in government and society, just like it was before the war. 

https://www.collinsdictionary.com/us/dictionary/english/ku-klux-klan
    

By the 1920s the clan membership has reached a toll over 4 million. Blacks began to put an end towards Jim Crow law in the south that legally supported racial discrimination. Around 1960 the clan carried out 200 bombings as well as murdering's. By the end of the 1960 the leaders started to become prosecuted and started to slowly become to an end. The KKK has always managed to rebuild. 
    The clans power always went in phases, the fear the clan built its legacy on, that was there objective. The name is inspired by a Greek word called "circle". After the clan was created, years later on the clan has done all of there goals that suited there purposes, the clan went quite. They started to reignite the flames of the clans, not just against blacks but against religion now as well, it also acted against Catholic and Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe. A lot of groups were named "copycat" which were just speedbumps along the KKK clan.  

https://www.history.com/topics/reconstruction/ku-klux-klan 

    Over years the numbers of the members of the clan has developed to be smaller but yet still did damaged towards the United States Of America. In the late 1970s the KKK took a toll and a lot of the members just went towards the white power movement. 
Some of the KKK convictions, Beliefs and Goals was Restore America back to being a white and a nation free from drugs, homosexuality, immigration and race- mixing. The KKK has extreme pride of their ideology.  they claim to be proud of their race, history, and traditions. They also refer to the acts that the KKK did in the past as accomplishments, and believe they are building a better society for everyone to live in. an example of one of their goals was prevent black people to vote. 

https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/ideology/ku-klux-klan
 

Longer the time has passed the longer the Klu Klux Klan has diminished. Every party comes to an end, and I personally think it sure did with this clan. Around 1965 the clan was playing out not very successful but since they were not successful, they were still more extreme towards violence. The current status of the KKK is around 5000 members, but it is hard to tell who is truly in the clan or not. The clan in the present day has dispersed. In conclusion the Klu Klux Klan is the oldest and most feared group of America. Driven by the dream of a world with only one race violence is sure to be the destination no matter where the clan is. They have been roaming for over 130 years and are genuinely a symbol of crime.