Ku Klux Klan in the Twentieth Century
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- David_voelker on 2008-01-27 - Tags history , racism , Jim Crow
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The original Klan of Reconstruction was suppressed by the federal government in the early 1870s, but in following decades its violent activities were increasingly
rationalized and even romanticized, most notably in Thomas Dixon's popular novels, The Leopard's Spots (1902) and The Clansman (1905).
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popularity of The Birth of a Nation, and specifically its appearance in Atlanta in December 1915, proved the major impetus for the reemergence of the Klan.
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Much of the second Klan's appeal can be credited to its militant advocacy of white supremacy,
anti-Catholicism, anti-Semitism, and immigration restriction, but the organization also attracted the support of many middle-class Americans
by advocating improved law enforcement, honest government, better public schools, and traditional family life.
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on 2008-01-27 by david_voelker
Note that this revived Klan was not only racist against African Americans--it also targeted Catholics, Jews, and immigrants. Nevertheless, the Klan was also a fraternal organization that promoted positive reforms as well--not that this redeems the organization.
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on 2008-01-27 by david_voelker