Because they look like ghosts and you cant see there faces.
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Actual lynching by the KKK is very rare nowdays, but it was done often in the reconstruction era to intimidate Republicans into not voting.
One organization that has used violence within the U.S. is the Ku Klux Klan (KKK). They've used violent tactics to intimidate minorities, mostly African-Americans, from exercising their constitutional rights.
One organization that has used violence within the U.S. is the Ku Klux Klan (KKK). They've used violent tactics to intimidate minorities, mostly African-Americans, from exercising their constitutional rights.
Yes because they killed most of them. maybe over a million.
No, your not a terrorist if your a member of the KKK. A terrorist is when a person who use or threatened use of force or violence by a person or an organized group against people or property with the intention of intimidating or coercing societies or governments.
The 15th amendment was ratified. This amendment gave equal voting rights to people regardless of race. And serious federal money was spent to stop the efforts of the KKK to intimidate black voters.
I was named that in North Texas. They videotaped me saying I was the Imperial Wizard of North Texas and the Sacrificial Lamb of the KKK. I still don't know what it means but they sure as hell TRIED to intimidate me.
The Ku Klux Klan did not want newly freed Blacks to vote because they wanted to intimidate them and keep them from positions of power. The Ku Klux Klan used many methods of terror and harassment to intimidate Blacks, but in 1870 the Enforcement Acts were enacted to prevent this.
an increase in racial, ethnic, and cultural diversity.
The original KKK was created specifically to terrorize blacks in the southern states, attacking those who dared get try to be "uppity" or "rise above their place." Later, when the KKK was revived in the 20th century, it added Jews and Catholics to its list of targets. The goal was to intimidate all of these unwelcome people, driving them from areas where the KKK was strong. In the southern states, the emphasis was always on terrorizing blacks, but in the north, the KKK gained strength in significant part because of anti-immigrant sentement. Many lynchings were attributed to KKK activity, as well as arson and bombings, frequently targeting black churches.
The night riders were basically the KKK and they wanted to intimidate the African American community from expressing their rights.