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Domestic Terrorism By: Monica DeHart, Aida L. Wilhelm & DaVette Henderson

Ku Klux Klan. Domestic Terrorism By: Monica DeHart, Aida L. Wilhelm & DaVette Henderson. Ku Klux Klan Facts. Definition Secret society organized in the South after the Civil War Aim : Reassert White Supremacy by means of terror. Ku Klux Klan Facts. Source of Income

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Domestic Terrorism By: Monica DeHart, Aida L. Wilhelm & DaVette Henderson

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  1. Ku Klux Klan Domestic Terrorism By: Monica DeHart, Aida L. Wilhelm & DaVette Henderson

  2. Ku Klux Klan Facts • Definition • Secret society organized in the South after the Civil War • Aim: Reassert White Supremacy by means of terror

  3. Ku Klux Klan Facts Source of Income • Membership dues and sales of KKK paraphernalia Also known as • American Knights • Imperial Klan’s of America

  4. Ku Klux KlanTwo Generations

  5. Background Information • Formed after Post Civil War during Reconstruction Era • 6 middle-class Veteransof theConfederate Armyfounded the Ku Klux Klan • 1865: Ku Klux Klan targeted African Americans

  6. The First Era of Ku Klux Klan • President Grant demolished Ku Klux Klan in the 1870’s under the Civil Rights Act

  7. Nathan Bedford Forrest • Nominated as the “Grand Wizard” which was the Klan’s national leader

  8. Activities of the First Era • Klan sought to control political & social status of the freed slaves • Attempted to curb black education, economic advancement & voting rights

  9. Activities of first era • KKK Targets • People involved in Federal Freedman’s Bureau and Black member’s of Local Leagues and Republicans

  10. Second Era of Ku Klux Klan • 1915, William J. Simmons re-established the second era • Simmon’s was inspired by the movie “Birth of a Nation” Membership • 4 million • Mostly in Midwestern states

  11. William J. Simmons • Elected in 1915 at meeting on Stone Mountain Georgia • Preacher From Georgia

  12. Second Era of the Ku Klux Klan Advocated: Anglo Saxon White Protestants • anti-Jewish • anti-catholic • anti-communists • anti-immigrants

  13. “Violence” of the Ku Klux Klan Lynching Whippings Murders Tar and feathering Bombings Shootings Floggings Beating and sexual assaults

  14. Hate Crimes of the KKK • Lynching • 1915 the Lynching of Leo Frank • March 20, 1981 lynching of Michael Donald

  15. Hate Crimes of the KKK • Bombings • Alabama Church: • September 15, 1963 • 4 girls killed and 22 adults injured

  16. Hate Crimes of the Ku Klux Klan • In 1977 Joseph Paul Franklin (Former KKK member & serial killer ) was indicted for bombing a synagogue in Tennessee. • He called it a “synagogue of Satin”

  17. Hate Crimes of the KKK • In 1951 the Ku Klux Klan bombed Harry T. Moore’s home. (school teacher & State Director of NAACP)

  18. References

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