KU KLUX KLAN

Ku Klux Klan

Abstract

In this study, the analysis aim to explore the Ku Klux Klan in a holistic context. The main focus of the research is on the rise of Ku Klux Klan and its relation with the hate crimes. The Ku Klux Klan is one of the oldest and dominant white racist groups. The research also analyzes the rise of the hate crimes caused by the racist groups; especially, the Ku Klux Klan. In addition, the research enlightens the origin of the Ku Klux Klan and the grounds on which the group was formed. The paper explores different dimensions concerning the reconstruction of Ku Klux Klan along, and the cases of Ku Klux Klan. Finally the research enlightens the current members and formations in form of the sub-groups of the Ku Klux Klan, and its impact on the inclination of the hate crimes.

Table of Contents

Introduction4

Discussion5

The Rise of the Hate Crime Caused by Racist Groups6

The Origin of Ku Klux Klan7

Ku Klux Klan Reconstruction9

Contemporary Sub-groups of Ku Klux Klan11

The Cases of Ku Klux Klan13

Conclusion14

References16

Ku Klux Klan

Introduction

The purpose of this paper is to enlighten and explore the hate crimes in the United States. There are several issues concerning the hate crimes in the United States and all over the world. Nevertheless, the core objective of this paper is to enlighten and explore a racist group (Ku Klux Klan) engaged in hate crimes. The Ku Klux Klan is America's oldest hate group, and it has fostered racial and ethnic discrimination, religious intolerance, and violence from the end of the Civil War to the present. The Klan (whose name may have been derived from the Greek word kyklos or "circle") was founded in December 1865 in Pulaski, Tennessee. The small social club quickly evolved into an organization dedicated to undermining the federal government's program of Radical Reconstruction and to restoring white supremacy in the South. Klansmen, frequently whites of high social standing, shielded their identities with robes and sheets while developing a mystical organizational hierarchy headed by "grand wizards."

Klan groups terrorized and murdered African-American freedmen and -women, as well as white supporters of the expanded agenda of rights and liberties stemming from Reconstruction. The Birth of a Nation (1915) stirred a revival of Klan pride, while the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia and a massive wave of Eastern European immigration to America raised the specter of diminished American strength abroad and "watered-down" national identity at home. In addition to African Americans, the Klan spewed its venom at Jews, Roman Catholics, foreigners, trade unions, homosexuals, and communists. Klan chapters sprang up throughout the Midwest as well as the South. Membership reached a peak of approximately 3 million, and the Klan achieved mainstream political power in the mid-1920s through the sponsorship of candidacies or voter drives in several states. However, the Great Depression and World War II provided little space for the Klan on either local or national agendas, and its strength waned.

Discussion

Southern African Americans mounted organized challenges to Jim Crow in the 1950s and 1960s through ...