1. KKK Tallahassee, 1956 State of FL Archives
Pulaski, Tenn., on Dec. 24, 1865,
six former Confederate army officers
name from the Greek word kuklos ("circle").
secret organization
aimed to suppress the power of blacks and other minorities.
terror arm of the Democratic party in the South.
white men from all classes of southern society
disguised themselves, in robes and hoods
intimidating and killing
Tallahassee, 1956
State of FL Archives

2. KKK
The Klan's goal : reestablish ‘white supremacy’ by overthrowing the Reconstruction governments.
Outlawed during Reconstruction
KKK was reborn in under the evangelistic direction of William J. Simmons, an Atlanta insurance salesman.

3. KKK Tampa, 1923 State of FL Archives
reactivated Ku Klux Klan of the 1920s was responsible for some of the violence against African Americans and immigrants in both the S and N
Membership was open to:
native-born,
white
Protestant
males
16 years of age +
blacks, Roman Catholics, and Jews were excluded and were made targets of defamation and persecution by the Klan.
Tampa, 1923
State of FL Archives

4. Modern KKK
Brown v Board- May 17, 1954, that racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional, stirred the Klan into new attempts at recruitment and violence but did not bring internal unity or greatly increased membership
After the U.S. Civil Rights Act of 1964 it experienced a marked increase in membership, reaching an estimated 40,000 in 1965.
A former grand wizard of the Klan, David Duke (1950- ), was elected to the Louisiana House of Representatives in and ran unsuccessfully in the state's gubernatorial election in 1991.

5. Anti KKK rap white member of the Republican party (scalawag)
You will be assigned a specific POV to rap (or poem or song) from
white member of the Republican party (scalawag)
with partner
Carpetbagger
must both have in NB
African American during:
Must be at least 4 stanzas with 5 lines each
3 . KKK Act
incorporate at least 4 new facts you learned about the KKK
s immigration
1960s Civil Rights
must be APPROPRIATE (no offensive slang)
Today
get into the emotions, why does this person feel this way?
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Frederick Douglass
extra credit- turn in a ‘music video’ on Mon 5/22
Ulysses S Grant
- more well done and creative- the more the extra credit
Martin Luther King
Rodney King