In true David Duke style, the foundation of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan (KKKK) is shrouded in political myth. Duke’s claim that the Knights were founded in 1956 by Ed White (a pseudonym for Jim Lindsay) has, however, been largely discredited as a propagandistic attempt by the budding Klan leader to fend off depictions of his group as an inconsequential upstart. The group seems to have first appeared briefly in New Orleans in 1973, with Duke billing himself...
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The Ku Klux Klan is a hate group that goes aganist multiple ways of life like being gay, being a color that isnt white, and certain religion. Beginning in the civil war by a few generals. Being very well known throughout the public knowledge they’ve stayed a very stable group without much issue of being taken down, although they avoid being caught by meeting in public places or members home. They were private before the civil rights movement, but during...
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Radical White Supremacy From the ashes of a deceased Confederacy rose the newly obtained freedom of the former slave. In his wake, the freedman brought with him uncertainty and disunion, laying the foundation for one of the widest ideological divides in American history – the Era of Reconstruction. Initially a period of rehabilitation and effort to pay reparations to the freedman, the enactment of more progressive legislation in Reconstruction era America was abandoned in principle in its final stretch as...
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During the 1920’s there were a series of social changes, such as: prohibition which was heavily debated as having a large impact on society as it made the majority of people in the cities “lawbreakers,” the culture war between rural and urban America along with racial tensions in terms of the KKK and the Scopes Trial, the changes in Women’s role in society and fashion, and the rise of a common consumer culture all across America due to things like...
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American History: An American Studies Approach Historians and philosophers have long debated if there can ever be a true definition of a “cult.” Some have said the difference between a cult and a religion is about two or three generations. Once a cult has survived for that long and appears that future generations will subscribe to the same beliefs, it makes the transition from a cult to a religion. Others believe cults are defined by a brainwashing and highly charismatic...
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In reality however, when considering the hypocrisy and lack of evolution after his initial revival of the organisation, he was not as important as he suggested. His ‘knights’ exercised the lynching of accused murderer Leo Frank for killing young factory worker Mary Phagan after not receiving a life sentence. Despite gaining Northern industrialist support as a direct result, this was ultimately insignificant because these groups were popular among fraternally structured organisations already and the court case that followed resulted in...
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The struggle of racism has hurt many people of color, but has brought upon good fortune from their actions to be treated as citizens of the U.S. The movements that occurred during history, have shaped the black community, giving them hope for the future. These movements have also changed the minds of many whites to see the error in their ways and accept this change. Osha Gray Davidson wrote the book ‘The Best of Enemies’ and how it offered a...
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Chapter 1: Introduction Who’s to say a person is undeserving of basic human rights based on a simple biological factor? Countless hate groups across the United States have used biological qualities to discriminate against bodies of people for generations. Ranging from the Ku Klux Klan to Neo-Nazi groups, Anti-LGTBQ+ organizations, and more, the US has an epidemic of hate. Hundreds of hate groups perform crimes and actively discriminate against people on the ground of race, gender, sexual orientation, background, disabilities,...
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