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1 THE KU KLUX KLAN

2 CREATION AND NAMING First group: 1860 -> 1870
-To overthrow the Republican state governments -Violence against African-American leaders Second group: > 1920 -Nationwide -Inspiration from The Birth of a Nation -It opposed Catholics and Jews Third group: > today -Localized and isolated groups -Opposition to the civil rights movement -a legally allowed entity

3 GOALS AND ORGANISATION
-changes in the Klan's estimated membership over time since the second group to nowadays. -huge gap due to Specific events as In Indiana, the scandal surrounding the 1925 murder trial of D.C Stephenon -Coat and Cape made in cotton -Badge on the left side of the chest -The color shows their ranks in some organisation but in most of them they’re all wearing a white outfit -Favor the election of KKK members in the Democratic Party -On theory, because in reality, the members brutalize minorities, they even institute an illegal curfew and beat people who don’t respect it .

4 TESTIMONIES A true story  Ron STALLWORTH (The Birth of a nation,1915)
O'Brother!  Derision Book  Prevention

5 SOURCES https://www.britannica.com/topic/Ku-Klux-Klan
today-Why-are-they-allowed-If-no-when-was-it-outlawed-What- caused-it-to-be-outlawed-and-why-wasnt-it-outlawed-earlier


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