How Did The Ku Klux Klan Influence Early 20th Century American Society
Paul Pham
Mr. Homan,p 1
American History III, 6.0
20 January 2016
The Invisible Empire America was viewed as a land that offered equal freedoms and opportunities for people of any race or religion yet there was a group that prided itself on denying those freedoms to people who were not Protestant and a White-Anglo Saxon. The South was torn apart after the civil war. Frustrated with antebellum South, six Confederate veterans by names of Captain John C. Lester, Major James R. Crowe, John D. Kennedy, Calvin Jones, Richard R. Reed, Frank O. McCord formed the Ku Klux Klan in 1866 in Pulaski, Tennessee (Bryant). This new movement created by those six Confederate soldiers was a sinister, underground movement whose objective was to have America …show more content…
In 1924, four Ku Klux Klan members were voted into the city council of Anaheim, California (LA Times). The Ku Klux Klan was able work on politics in Anaheim because there was a minimal amount of minorities in Anaheim (LA Times). The letters KIGY were painted on city streets, which meant Klansmen I Greet You, and this was a sign that let Ku Klux Klan members know that they were going onto friendly grounds (LA Times). "I remember my uncle telling me that his employees had to carry shotguns in the streets for protection because the city was so divided over the klan," Schultz said. The KKK had a lasting impact that caused the citizens of Anaheim to carry firearms around just to feel safe. The political power of the Ku Klux Klan in Anaheim, California had a great influence on this western …show more content…
On June 21st, 1964, three civil rights workers by the names of James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner were murdered near Philadelphia, Mississippi (Brunner). They were registering black voters in Mississippi during Freedom Summer and had gone to investigate the burning of a black church (Brunner). They were arrested by the police on false charges, imprisoned for a few hours, and then released at night into the hands of the Ku Klux Klan, who beat and then murdered them (Brunner). It was later proven in court that the police of Neshoba County and the Ku Klux Klan were affiliated with each other in the murders of these three young men (Brunner). The KKK used violent force to get their way in the Deep
Mr. Homan,p 1
American History III, 6.0
20 January 2016
The Invisible Empire America was viewed as a land that offered equal freedoms and opportunities for people of any race or religion yet there was a group that prided itself on denying those freedoms to people who were not Protestant and a White-Anglo Saxon. The South was torn apart after the civil war. Frustrated with antebellum South, six Confederate veterans by names of Captain John C. Lester, Major James R. Crowe, John D. Kennedy, Calvin Jones, Richard R. Reed, Frank O. McCord formed the Ku Klux Klan in 1866 in Pulaski, Tennessee (Bryant). This new movement created by those six Confederate soldiers was a sinister, underground movement whose objective was to have America …show more content…
In 1924, four Ku Klux Klan members were voted into the city council of Anaheim, California (LA Times). The Ku Klux Klan was able work on politics in Anaheim because there was a minimal amount of minorities in Anaheim (LA Times). The letters KIGY were painted on city streets, which meant Klansmen I Greet You, and this was a sign that let Ku Klux Klan members know that they were going onto friendly grounds (LA Times). "I remember my uncle telling me that his employees had to carry shotguns in the streets for protection because the city was so divided over the klan," Schultz said. The KKK had a lasting impact that caused the citizens of Anaheim to carry firearms around just to feel safe. The political power of the Ku Klux Klan in Anaheim, California had a great influence on this western …show more content…
On June 21st, 1964, three civil rights workers by the names of James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner were murdered near Philadelphia, Mississippi (Brunner). They were registering black voters in Mississippi during Freedom Summer and had gone to investigate the burning of a black church (Brunner). They were arrested by the police on false charges, imprisoned for a few hours, and then released at night into the hands of the Ku Klux Klan, who beat and then murdered them (Brunner). It was later proven in court that the police of Neshoba County and the Ku Klux Klan were affiliated with each other in the murders of these three young men (Brunner). The KKK used violent force to get their way in the Deep