Effects of the KKK on African Americans
They were originally started after The American Civil War, and the Union had taken control of the law, so since they were the ones who set the slaves free in the first place, this outraged several southerners thinking that the "free darkies" shouldn't be set free, So the south took the law into their own hands and made it their business to make sure no "darkie" ever hurt anyone. Many people were hanged and thrown in jail during that time. Not only that it set a racist outlook on everything. The African's couldn't live on their own without fear of getting mobbed by a Klan member. The thought associated with the Klan at the time were hate crimes, all over the media you would see news about burning of black churches, beatings and burnings of crosses. You can also say how their ideology has stayed through out the years and people to this day still preach the KKK dream of a "White Power" So say how people are outraged that times have changed but people are still racist because of what happened in the 1800's.
Many different groups had emigrated to America over the years. One group - the Blacks - had been brought there against their will and after the success of the northern states during the Civil War and the freeing of the Blacks from slavery in 1865, a sinister group was established which was designed to spread fear throughout the Black population that still lived in the southern states. This was the KKK. Only WASP’s could belong to it — White Anglo-Saxon Protestants. It is a common myth that the KKK targeted only the Blacks - also hated were the Jews, Catholics, liberals etc but most hatred was directed against the poor black families in the south who were very vulnerable to attack.
Many different groups had emigrated to America over the years. One group - the Blacks - had been brought there against their will and after the success of the northern states during the Civil War and the freeing of the Blacks from slavery in 1865, a sinister group was established which was designed to spread fear throughout the Black population that still lived in the southern states. This was the KKK. Only WASP’s could belong to it — White Anglo-Saxon Protestants. It is a common myth that the KKK targeted only the Blacks - also hated were the Jews, Catholics, liberals etc but most hatred was directed against the poor black families in the south who were very vulnerable to attack.