The first Branch of Ku Klux Klan was established in Pulaski, Tennessee, in May, 1866” (spartacus educational”1). The Klan opposed the mixing of races with more interest in civil right activities during the 1960’s, brought a new wave of violence from
Simmons in Stone Mountain, Georgia, making a huge “cultural civil war” mostly in the 1920s. After World War I the Klan adapted to disliking Jews, Roman Catholics, homosexuals, and different groups of immigrants as well. Klan saw themselves as defenders of old American order from foreigners, modernism, foreign religion and culture. Klansmen as well as women saw them defenders of family values. In November 1922 Hiram Wesley Evans became the leader.
However, not every part of the KKK’s history brought them bad news. At the turn of the century the story of the Klan was popularized in Thomas B. Dixon’s book “The Clansman” (1905). A few years later D.W. Griffith bought the copyrights and produced Dixon’s book into the movie he later titled “The Birth of A Nation” (1915). Both the book and the movie led to the revival of the KKK which spread throughout the nation preaching anti-catholic, anti-black, anti-Jew, anti-immigrant, anti-socialist, and anti-labor union themes. They gained so much power that they even came up with their own slogan “100 % Americanism”.
The original concept of the KKK was to be secret Fraternity Club. From 1867 onward, African-American participation in public life in the South became one of the most radical aspects of Reconstruction, as blacks won election to southern state governments and even to the U.S. Congress (Klu Klux Klan). After 1870, Republican state governments in the South turned to Congress for help, resulting in the passage of three Enforcement Acts, the strongest of which was the Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871. The KKK later became a more violent and hostile to black Americans. The Klan was targeting black political leaders and other blacks due the Reconstruction.
Evidence suggests that Saddam was on the CIA payroll as early as 1959, when he participated in a failed assassination attempt against Iraqi strongman Abd al-Karim Qassem. In the 1980s, the US and Britain backed Saddam in the war against Iran, giving Iraq arms, money, satellite intelligence, and even chemical & bio-weapon precursors.” (Richard Sale). This information is not known to many because the government tries to cover it up by saying were going in there to help and bring peace to a land where there is no order. There were no nuclear arms found there and yet we are still in Iraq today. This could only mean were over there to benefit America and keep interest and influence there to continue and gain
After 1869 federal government remained an obstacle throughout this time period. The Supreme Court ruling of the US vs Reese case in 1875 supported Kentucky officials who turned away black voters, and so marked the way for further discrimination against black voters. The voting qualifications further restricted African Americans from exercising their political rights and was legalised by the Mississippi vs Williams case. Federal government failed to discourage anti civil rights groups whose main targets were black voters and so greatly inhibited the slow progression of African American civil rights. However, state government was also a major obstacle in achieving the vote for African Americans.
The next big historical event that affected Huffman Trucking like many businesses in the 1950s was the fact that the company’s were limited to hire primarily white employees. Many states at this point in history still had segregation in affect and this would have an impact on Huffman Trucking if they were to have an African American driving for them into the Southern States. In 1964 the world changed when the U.S. Civil Rights Act was signed. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 opened the door for African Americans to gain employment in a world that was primarily white. It was no longer an issue to worry about discrimination because the Act no longer tolerated discrimination in public places.
Additionally in 1951 another use of direct tactic, took place in Alexandra. Protesting at the fact that the local black schools would close during the cotton harvest so that black children could work in fields. Direct action had mixed results, it was insignificant due Cores Journey of Reconciliation as it failed to get the south to desegregated their busses. As a social status black Americans had not improved in their position. however it could been seen as significant as it did bring segregation within public amenities to agender; also linking legal campaigns with nonviolent protests.
As much as any single event in the history of the modern civil rights movement, the violence of whites in Birmingham forced the American people to consider serious federal action promoting civil rights. By 1965 concerted efforts to break the grip of state disfranchisement had been under way for some time, but had achieved only modest success overall and in some areas had proved almost entirely ineffectual. The murder of voting-rights
It gave the people of the state the right to decide whether they wanted to legalize slavery or not. Because of this act many pro slavery and abolitionists rushed to the territory in an effort to establish their point of view. There were many conflicts that took place in battles between the two sides during this period. There were killings and fights and in one instance an anti slavery raid led to the killing of a man and his sons who had no slaves or no dealings with slaves. Popular sovereignty, the last remaining moderate solution to the controversy over the expansion of slavery, had failed dismally in Kansas (Davidson, Gienapp, Heyrman, Lytle, Stoff, 2005).