the activities of the kkk - obsticals to civil rights up to 1941 Flashcards
KU - when were the kkk initially founded? what was there aim and when were they first supressed?
kkk initially founded in 1860’s and aimed to provent free’d slaves from gaining equal rights
by 1872 they were supressed and declaired an ilegal terorist organisation
KU - what happened in 1915? how many kkk members were their by 1925?
the film ‘birth of a nation’ was released in 1915 which glamourised the kkk’s past. as a result they grew again with membership reaching aprox 3million by 1925
A - therefor activities of the kkk were a significant obsticle to the achievment of civil rights because…
membership to the kkk included police officers, judges and polotitions which meant their threatning and violent activities were never actually brought to justice
A+ - however, the activities of the kkk were not the most significant obstical in the way of achiement of civil rights because…
by 1930, membership was declining dramatically due to high profile leaders being involved in scandle. For example, the brutal rape and murder of a women in Indiana by high profile klansmen david stephenson
E - upon evaluation, the KKK were not as significant an obstical as legal impediments were as ultimatly..
the kkk were some of the most powerful inforcers of jim crow laws which are what ensured the unequal treatment of black people and failed to stop their actions
