The Ku Klux Klan In The Southern States

The KKK has a notorious history, for lynching, destroying property and wearing white capes to hide their identity. Their famous for their white capes and riding horseback at night time to scare previous slaves, and other ethnic groups. The white capes were meant to represent, the ghosts of confederate soldiers coming back from the dead. The Ku Klux Klan started in Pulaski, Tennessee. It was founded by former confederate soldiers at a drinking club.(-Cavendish, Richard.). There was also a rumor that it was formed by college students that would wear costumes and run around after dark. After hearing that previous slaves feared them they took advantage of it and formed the KKK. At first the club only terrorized African Americans, riding
(-A+E Networks, History.com Staff, 2009) The KKK had well over 500,000 members in southern states. Numbers varied throughout Northern states in the 1800’s. In 1924 there had been five to six million members. The numbers of the KKK slowly diminished. There were fewer than 100,000 by the 1930’s. People started to see the klan as cruel and foolish, also due to the great depression, families didn't have or want to put money towards the group. The impact on the US from the KKK did not only affect African Americans it also affected many more races and religions, including whites. Whites who were against the KKK were called called “carpetbaggers”. The American people were terrified by the klan. Many reasons were because of the destruction of houses, churches, schools, and more. The clan would put bombs in mailboxes, lynch and burn buildings down. Race riots were also lead through different areas. A race riot in Tulsa was one which whites stormed into black neighborhoods, burned, looted and kill whoever they found. Unlike the riot in Tulsa most happened in Northern
Mostly african americans were affected by the kkk. African Americans had moved north after the war had ended and they were free. Some had stayed behind though, creating easy targets. Immigration from Asia and Europe also created easy targets. The KKK tried to keep blacks from voting even though it was there given right.
The KKK was thought of as the first prominent terrorist group in the US. By 1930 the KKK had became extremely inactive. Small groups of the KKK are still prominent today, with less people joining throughout the united states and low funds the KKK has became the smallest it has ever been, through its many rise and fall cycles.
The torture, lynchings, bombings, and extreme violence of the ku klux klan no one wants to be apart of, yet the Ku Klux Klan still is around and is still known for it violence and hatred throughout America. The conclusion of the Ku Klux Klan is that they are a hate group in america against blacks and other races. The KKK will always be known for hatred even today, in the 21st century because of everything they have done in the past and present. Except today many people are against it and have no acceptance or will to be in the