Category: Ku Klux Klan

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…

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…

During the 1920s 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…