The horrors of The Ku Klux Klan

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The Ku Klux Klan was formed in 1864 by former soldiers after the American Civil war.They wore white hoods to cover their faces and they wore a white robe with KKK sign on it.Most of the Ku Klux Klan were in the Southern states of America.                                    
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                                      They would use parades, beatings, lynching and other various violent acts and methods to intimidate foreigners especially blacks!                                                            The KKK had members that were in politics so they became a powerful political force in the 1920’s. In some areas in the South of America the whole population of a town would be Klan’s men! That was the degree of their power at that time. By 1920 the KKK had around 100,000 members! But by 1925 it claimed a membership of 5 Million!!Sources tell us of the violent conduct and discrimination the KKK used to frighten and intimidate Blacks and non ...

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