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Why did people start the KKK?

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Anonymous

8y ago
Updated: 8/21/2019

The organization was begun after the civil war to intimidate the former slaves. They dressed in white robes because they were suppose to be the ghosts of dead confederate soldiers and they rode at night. At first they were called night riders and the members were the members of the police, plantation owners, judges, and other community leaders. The people they attacked were hung, beaten, and murdered.

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8y ago

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