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The K.K.K. was a white supremacy group that targeted people of color, homosexuals, and leftists.

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The K.K.K. was a white supremacy group that targeted people of color, homosexuals, and leftists.

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Jim Crow laws were state and local statutes that legalized racial segregation.

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Jim Crow laws were state and local statutes that legalized racial segregation.

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The Ku Klux Klan was founded in the 1865 by confederate veterans in Pulaski, Tennessee

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The Ku Klux Klan was founded in the 1865 by confederate veterans in Pulaski, Tennessee

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Jim Crow laws began as early as 1865, immediately following the ratification of the 13th Amendment, which abolished slavery in the United States.

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Jim Crow laws began as early as 1865, immediately following the ratification of the 13th Amendment, which abolished slavery in the United States.

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By the 1870 the Ku Klux Klan was extended to almost every south state.

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By the 1870 the Ku Klux Klan was extended to almost every south state.

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By the 1876 the reconstruction and the Ku Klux Klan came to a end and was under democratic control again.

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By the 1876 the reconstruction and the Ku Klux Klan came to a end and was under democratic control again.

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in the 1880s, big cities in the South were not entirely beholden to Jim Crow laws and Black Americans had more freedom in them.

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in the 1880s, big cities in the South were not entirely beholden to Jim Crow laws and Black Americans had more freedom in them.

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Memphis teacher Ida B. devoted herself to fighting Jim Crow laws. In 1889 she became co-owner of the Memphis Free Speech and Headlight and used her position to take on school segregation and sexual harassment.

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Memphis teacher Ida B. devoted herself to fighting Jim Crow laws. In 1889 she became co-owner of the Memphis Free Speech and Headlight and used her position to take on school segregation and sexual harassment.

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Around the 1920's a group of white protestants revived the K.K.K. and was at its peak.

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Around the 1920's a group of white protestants revived the K.K.K. and was at its peak.

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The great depression shrank the K.K.K.'s membership ranks down leading to the temporary disbandment of the K.K.K. in 1944.

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The great depression shrank the K.K.K.'s membership ranks down leading to the temporary disbandment of the K.K.K. in 1944.

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During the civil rights movement, people saw a surge of local Klan activity across the south.

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During the civil rights movement, people saw a surge of local Klan activity across the south.

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 In 1965, President Lyndon Johnson gave a speech announcing the arrest of 4 Klansmen in connection to a murder of a white woman.

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 In 1965, President Lyndon Johnson gave a speech announcing the arrest of 4 Klansmen in connection to a murder of a white woman.

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 In 2016 it is estimated to have either around 3,000 or 6,000 members.

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 In 2016 it is estimated to have either around 3,000 or 6,000 members.