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Ku Klux Klan
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The congress finally decided to end the Ku Klux Klan.They passed the Ku Klux Klan act or the Force acts.About a year before this the leader of the KKK disbanded the group.The KKK didnt come back for a long time until the period of the red scare the KKK rised again and went back to doing what they did best. -
The birth of a nation
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A movie created by the klan tries to portray them as hero's.They ride in their outfits on horses towards a black man attacking a white woman.This movie became very popular. -
Many memberships
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By this time the KKK has reached over one hundred thousand memberships.Some say it grew to five million including some members of congress -
Revoked
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Many states started revoking klan charters.The south started issuing regulations against masks.Soon they were placed on the list of subversive elements. -
Sixteenth Street Baptist Church
https://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/civilrights/al11.htm
On September 15th,four girls were killed in a bombing on Sixteenth street baptist church.This shocked the nation and civil rights was being boosted.This event and president Kennedy being murdered two months later basically won the civil rights movement. -
Freedom Summer
The KKK is still doing what they do.People hide in their houses at night to stay hidden from the klan.A innocent man is beaten even though it was for someone else.Three people have gone missing in the klans area.Four teams are searching for them but if they aren't careful the klan will kill them. -
Klan is ended
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President Lydon Johnson went on live television.Then he ended The KKK.He also arrested four klansmen for murder.
