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Ku Klux Klan
The Ku Klux Klan
In the southern states of the USA, the period known as "Reconstruction" created a pressure and fear and hate for the African Americans among many of the southern white people. This was because the African Americans were now free people and had the same rights as the white people. This angered many white people and they created groups to support their beliefs and to allow people with the same ideas to gather together and share their ideas. This is how the Ku Klux Klan came into existence.
The Ku Klux Klan began in Pulaski, Tennessee on December 24, 1865. Six men devised
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