Part 1 of Essay
The Ku Klux Klan has been the most organized of the many different White supremacy groups that came into being after the Civil War. The ill-reputed Knights of the Klan have been involved in countless incidents of human rights violations against blacks and other minority groups in America. Especially in the South, durin ....

Part 2 of Essay
.... from Scalawags, Carpetbaggers and Negroes. This was the view held widely throughout the South and took root more so as it was romantically depicted in Southern writers publications and the ground breaking movie “The Birth of a Nation”. Kennedy noted that the Klan was actually the handiwork of the rich Southern plantation holders, who wanted to keep the black labor force under chains similar to those of slavery. Also, Kennedy noted that the few things written about the KKK were editorial ....