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KKK, 2002.
A look at the history of racism in America, by reviewing the establishment and spread of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK).
1,142 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 39.95
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This paper presents a detailed examination of the history of racism in America. The writer explores the history of the KKK and the topic of racism from the inception of the KKK to the current times. The writer examines why the KKK was able to take such a strong hold on the people of the South and what this has to say about the social make-up of the American population.
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"America has built its reputation on the fact that it is open armed and diverse. It is the nation that millions flock to each year to start new lives and it is the nation that prides itself on its many anti discrimination laws. While the nation pats itself on the back for its seeming color blindness those who live within its boundaries know that racism still exists. The nation has been working on the problem of racism since the abolishment of slavery, and with each passing generation it has become a little less pronounced but it is still being experienced by African Americans, Asians, Middle Eastern descents and others(Galvan, 1995). It is important to understand the history of racism if the nation hopes to continue the quest to stomp it out for good in the future."
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American Terrorism: Reconstruction to the Present, 2008.
An analysis of the development of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) and its evolution from the time of reconstruction to the present day.
1,699 words (approx. 6.8 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 55.95
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This paper defines and describes acts of terrorism and hate crimes committed in the United States beginning with the evolution of the first Ku Klux Klan (KKK) organized after the Civil War (the era known as reconstruction). It discusses the people, geography and social forces which were instrumental in the formation of the first KKK, as well as subsequent reorganizations of the KKK. It then looks at the evolution of hate crimes in America and uses examples of organizations and activities of hate crime perpetrators as defined by legislative acts.
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Abstract
American Terrorism
The First Ku Klux Klan
The New Ku Klux Klan of 1915
The Klan after World War II
Hate Crimes
Conclusion
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"In 1990, the U.S. Congress passed a hate-crime bill that mandated the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to systematically collect information on hate-motivated crimes. Criminal justice decision makers consequently began to place central importance on attaching hate as a motivation for criminal acts. By establishing racial or religious hate as the component of an incident, the police were able to gain political impetus for expanding financial resources to law enforcement agencies, enabling them to enforce the laws directed at hate crimes (Maxwell, C., 1995)."
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White Supremacy in America, 2002.
The growth of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) and other white supremacist organizations.
1,575 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 7 sources, $ 55.95
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Growth of Ku Klux Klan (KKK) . Discusses history of the KKK & other groups formed by Southern leaders to destroy the voting power of newly freed slaves. Terrorist activities of the Klan (cross burnings, lynchings). Resistance to policies of Reconstructiion. Klan's call for "100 percent pure Americanism." Makeup of membership. New white supremacist groups.
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"White Supremacy in America
In the years following the defeat of the Confederacy by the Union, resistance to Reconstruction and changes in the status of former African slaves was to emerge throughout the American South. Historian William Miller (1977) has pointed out that the "original" Ku Klux Klan and other white supremacist organizations such as the Knights of the White Camellia were formed in part by Southern leaders in the 1860s to destroy the voting power of newly freed slaves and to do damage to carpetbag misrule. Geoffrey Perrett (1989) has commented that during Reconstruction, when the original Klan was formed, the occupation armies of the Union were hard-pressed to prevent their terrorist activities - activities that virtually nullified the rights granted and guaranteed to former slaves under the Fourteenth Amendment. There was, says..."
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Ku Klux Klan, 2002.
Examining the effects that the KKK has had on American society.
2,744 words (approx. 11.0 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 82.95
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The most influential and oldest white supremacist group in the US is the Ku Klux Klan that was formed in the aftermath of the American Civil War. In this paper the writer takes a detailed look at the background, history and aims of the organization. It also discusses the present state of the Klan and how far its influence still permeates in the US society. Includes very thorough outline.
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"Ever since the abolition of the slavery in the United States, sections of its white population have continued to believe in the superiority of the white race and resent the participation of the blacks in society and politics as equals. Various groups, organizations and societies have been formed since the end of the American Civil War ranging from white supremacist hate and terror groups to relatively harmless 'all-white' social clubs. The most influential and oldest group is the Ku Klux Klan that was formed in the aftermath of the American Civil War. Although it is difficult to strictly categorize phases in the history of such a secretive organization as the Klan, it is generally agreed that there have been three distinct Klan eras in the past and we are perhaps in the midst of the fourth. There have been times in the US history when the Klan has enjoyed widespread membership and influence especially in its first and second phases."
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The Ku Klux Klan, 2001.
A look at the history and current activity of the racist organization.
1,640 words (approx. 6.6 pages), 9 sources, MLA, $ 53.95
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The essay discusses the history of the Ku Klux Klan through the three separate movements established since its inception -- the first during the reconstruction era, the second during the 1920's, and the third during the 1940's. The essay then goes on to present recent newspaper headlines about the KKK, including the "newspaper night riding" in Texas and California, the rally in Jasper, Texas, and the sentencing of KKK member James Colvin. The essay concludes with the hope that the KKK will continue to be brought down by the law.
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"Colonel William Joseph Simmons, the son of one of the officers of the original order, initialized the second movement of the KKK. He pictured his organization as the ultimate fraternal lodge. His task was made easier by the 1915 release of a film by D. W. Griffith called The Birth of a Nation. The film portrayed the original Reconstruction era KKK as valiant protectors of the South's culture. Simmons placed advertisements for his organization next to those for the movie and solicited new members by proclaiming the Klan a "high class order for men of intelligence and character" (McVeigh). At the strongest point of this phase of the KKK, during the early 1920's, membership in the organization reached over three million nationwide (Trelease PG). The main factor keeping the movement strong was fear of the ever-changing social order in America. Large numbers of immigrants were entering the country, communism and other radical movements were stirring, and blacks were moving into northern cities in vast numbers. Jews and Catholics were moving to a higher place in the social and economic order, and labor unions were demanding a bigger share of profits for their members."
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The Ku Klux Klan: An Analysis of White Supremacy, 2006.
A look at the lasting effects on African-Americans of the Ku Klux Klan.
3,375 words (approx. 13.5 pages), 10 sources, $ 133.95
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The Emancipation Proclamation issued by President Abraham Lincoln while the Civil War was still raging promised freedom and equality to blacks held in slavery, and led to high expectations among the millions of slaves living in the American South. But it also triggered the emergence of racist groups like the Ku Klux Klan, which used intimidation, brutality, and violence against blacks throughout the South. This paper discusses the effects of the virulent racism of the KKK and the support for this organization throughout the South, explaining that the KKK forced millions of blacks to live in fear, humiliation and hopeless despair for decades.
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Cross Burning and the American Justice System, 2008.
This paper argues that blanket prohibitions on the issue of cross burning are unconstitutional in the American justice system.
1,545 words (approx. 6.2 pages), 4 sources, APA, $ 50.95
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This paper explains that the current debate about the legitimacy of cross burning under state law has been a conflicting issue with the primary constitutional provisions, which protect a person's right to freedom of speech under the First Amendment. The author points out that the critical issue of racial intimidation by the Klu Klux Klan (KKK) in the case of "Virginia v. Black" provides a foundation for various leniencies by the Supreme Court to allow racial intimidation as a precursor for validating Virginia's laws, although they correctly struck down the statute of cross burning as a blanket prohibition against the cultural milieu of Christianity in the state. The paper concludes that the premise of racial intimidation portrays a contextual denial of the right to burn a cross at a KKK rally, but the religious nature of Virginia's law violated the Fist Amendment of the Constitution.
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"This perspective has brought great controversy over the use of derogatory language as a basis for intimidation, but since the Virginia law did not provide any type of deeper semantics to the issue of the "breach of peace" the Supreme Court deemed it unconstitutional to prevent cross burning. The premise of religious freedom took a precedence in this ruling, since the very language of the Constitution does not deny any type of freedom of religious expression, but only if it does not physically harm another person. Perhaps, the ruling of "Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire" goes against this form of intimidation as an exception."
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The Ku Klux Klan, 2006.
This paper discusses the history of the Ku Klux Klan.
1,345 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 45.95
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This paper explains that the Ku Klux Klan was originally a fraternal organization located primarily in the south, which grew out of the Civil War in America and was made-up of Confederate soldiers to protect and preserve the white race and ensure "voluntary separation" of the races and even extinction of blacks, Catholics and Jews. The author points out that, after the original Klan was disorganized because of its violence, the reorganized Klan, had a greater success at recruiting in the U.S. mid-west than in the south, was to a greater degree Republican and was influential throughout the United States with major political influence on politicians in several states. The paper relates that ironically the Ku Klux Klan bases their beliefs on Christianity and some of the larger KKK organizations currently in operation include the Church of the American Knights of the KKK.
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"According to the Georgia Encyclopedia, the first Klan was never well organized. It had no membership rosters, no dues, no newspapers, no spokesman, no chapters, no local officers, no state or national officials. Its popularity came from its reputation. When the masks came off what was found was a chaotic multitude of anti-Black vigilante groups, disgruntled poor white farmers, wartime guerrilla bands, displaced democratic politicians, illegal whiskey distillers, coercive moral reformers, bored young men, sadists, rapists, white workmen fearful of black competition, employers trying to enforce labor discipline, common thieves, neighbors with decades-old grudges, and even a few freedmen and white republicans who allied with democratic whites or had criminal agendas of their own."
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Racism and Radicalism in the 1950s, 2002.
A look at radicalism and racism in America in the 1950's.
2,150 words (approx. 8.6 pages), 14 sources, $ 80.95
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This paper examines race, racism and radicalism in the United States in the 1950s. The history of the KKK and other right-wing organizations is outlined. The emergence of the SDLC and SNCC is also examined.
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Bull Connor and the Freedom Riders, 2001.
An examination of the civil rights movement in Birmingham, Alabama.
3,000 words (approx. 12.0 pages), 11 sources, $ 88.95
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This paper discusses Birmingham, AL Public Safety Commissioner Eugene "Bull" Connor in 1961 Birmingham, AL. It gives the report on his connections to the KKK and involvement in attacks on the Freedom Riders of 1961 in Birmingham. This paper also tells of segregation in Birmingham and has direct quotes from Connor as well as other authoritative figures in Birmingham during the Civil Rights Movement.
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"During the year of 1961 one man managed to turn the universal police motto of "To Protect and Serve" into a mockery. That is, a mockery for a group of African-American students and Civil Rights leaders who were part of an organization called CORE (Congress of Racial Equality) as well as an entire community. This paper will take a look at the CORE sponsored "Freedom Rides" that challenged segregation in interstate travel facilities in Birmingham, Alabama and how then Commissioner of Public Safety Eugene "Bull" Connor was running the police force to the advantage of his personal racial beliefs. That is, to his advantage in opposition to such challenges as those that the Freedom Riders made on segregation. This analysis will expose Connor's ties to the Ku Klux Klan in Alabama when the Rides took place and will serve as an illustration of the kind of leadership that encouraged bigotry among the white citizens of Birmingham. It will also illustrate the kind of leadership that promoted love and harmony among the races through peaceful and non-violent protest of Connor's policies. Through the following summation of historical facts gathered through evidence one can easily see what the harsh reality of segregation was like in Birmingham during 1961 and how it relates to the Civil Rights Movement as a whole as well as Birmingham's history."
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The Ku Klux Klan: A Defunct American Terrorist Group, 2006.
This paper argues that the Ku Klux Klan, at one time a feared terrorist-type organization throughout the South in the US, has little if any political and social clout remaining.
2,250 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 7 sources, $ 89.95
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This essay argues that the Klan's authority and effectiveness as a terrorist organization has diminished in recent years as the organization has fragmented and has been unable to attract new members in significant numbers. The threat posed by the Ku Klux Klan, while not to be taken lightly, should no longer constitute a major focus of law enforcement agencies in the United States. The modern KKK isn't an active terrorist group, so much as it is an historical artifact, the remains of an organization that once used terrorist tactics to keep much of the nation afraid.
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"In November 1999, eighteen members of the Ku Klux Klan gathered in New York City for a rally promoting their decidedly white supremacist beliefs. They stood silent for their rally because the courts denied them any sound equipment. Meanwhile, a counter-protest developed around the KKK rally, which attracted more than 6,000 New Yorkers. This latter group was there to protest the existence of the KKK and the rally that they were holding (Hentoff, 2001). The anti-KKK protesters had more than three hundred times the attendees as did the actual Ku Klux Klan. This disparity tells us quite a bit about the social and political clout that the Klan currently wields. The term "Ku Klux Klan" is used to denote any number of past terrorist organizations that have operated in the United States, under the loose banner of white supremacy."
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