The Rise and Fall of the Ku Klux Klan

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that

they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among

these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness" - Thomas Jefferson

(Cultural Racism 1)

This excerpt from the Declaration of independence specifically stated that all

men are created equal, but that is contradiction to the governments decisions.

The Ku Klux Klan founded in 1865 by William Nathan Bedford a former confederate

general, began a campaign of terror against free blacks and their white

supporters. The KKK had a wide array of uneducated people because their main

incentive was to recruit young, homeless, and mindless children to follow in

their footsteps and become a member of the KKK. In many instances Klan members

weretaught the KKK did not believe that blacks were capable of the necessary

decision making in life, they thought that Blacks were......

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