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This 4 page paper explores the KKK as it remanifested in the 1920s. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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First founded in 1865 just after the Civil War, the Klan has witnessed several rebirths. One of these occurred in the early twentieth century and was lead by
Methodist Minister William Simmons. The Klan became the self-appointed watchdog over many civilian and governmental affairs that it perceived as having a definitive impact on the interests of white
Americans. Although the Klan represented itself as an organization that had the best interest of white Americans at its heart, the Klan was a bigoted, hate-inspired organization that typically
coerced affairs using violence and intimidation. Conditions were just right in the first couple of decades of the twentieth century to
nurture an organization that had in its heart anything but nurturing. Although the Klan has managed to survive even into present day, it was during this period when it had
its greatest number of members. In the mid 1920s, then Imperial Wizard Hiram Wesley Evans increased membership in the Klan to an estimated total of four to five million
men (The African American Registry, 2006)! This represented approximately fifteen percent of the eligible voters of the time (The African American Registry, 2006)! Obviously, the Klan had considerable
influence over the politics of the day. It effected the election of many of its own members, in fact, into many of the governmental offices of the day.
It also was successful in keeping undesirables out of office. The Klan is credited, for example, with vetoing the nomination of Alfred E. Smith as the Democratic presidential candidate.
Smith was a Roman Catholic. Interestingly, those that were the most vocal during Klan activities about the rights of whites and the
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