Essays Tagged: "Grand Wizard"

"KKK" The Ku Klux Klan. The origin of the Klan and what they pursued

ell victim to the murders andbeatings given by the KKK. (Ingalls, 13) In 1869, General Forrest, the Grand Wizard of theKKK ordered Klansmen to restrict their activities. The Klan was getting out of co ... leagle (an official in the KKK), $1 went to the King Kleagle (stateleader of the Klan), $.50 to the Grand Goblin, and $2.50 to Clarke and Tyler. The final $2.00went to Colonel Simmons. This promotion ...

(7 pages) 224 0 3.5 Jan/1997

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Black Awareness & Racism

The Essay is about White Supremacy Groups during the Slavery

hts of the White Camelia are some of them.In five years the KKK got uncontrollably violent that the Grand Wizard or a dictator of the Klan officially disbanded them. Other groups also became dramatica ...

(3 pages) 65 0 3.0 Oct/2002

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

The origins of the Ku Klux Klan.

st outside of towns.The officers of the Klan had very unique names. The "president" was called the "Grand Cyclops." The "vice-president" was called a "Grand Maji." The "Grand Turk" was the "marshal." ... called a "Grand Maji." The "Grand Turk" was the "marshal." The "treasurer" was referred to as the "Grand Exchequer." Two "Lictors" or guards, would be on post outside. One would be at the door, the o ...

(7 pages) 47 0 3.0 Nov/2002

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Black Awareness & Racism

History of the KKK

65. A Confederate General, Nathan Bedford Forrest, was the Klan's first leader, whose title was the Grand Wizard. The group adopted the name Ku Klux Klan from the Greek word kuklos, meaning circle, an ...

(3 pages) 53 1 3.0 Feb/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers

A Brief History of the Ku Klux Klan

ell victim to the murders and beatings given by the KKK. (Ingalls, 13)In 1869, General Forrest, the Grand Wizard of the KKK ordered Klansmen to restrict their activities. The Klan wasgetting out of co ... leagle (an official in the KKK), $1 went to the KingKleagle (state leader of the Klan), $.50 to the Grand Goblin, and $2.50 to Clarke and Tyler. The final $2.00 went toColonel Simmons. This promotion ...

(7 pages) 62 1 2.3 Mar/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Ku Klux Klan

Apr., 1867, at Nashville, Tenn. Gen. N. B. Forrest, the famous Confederate cavalry leader, was made Grand Wizard of the Empire and was assisted by ten Genii. Each state constituted a Realm under a Gra ... der a Grand Dragon with eight Hydras as a staff; several counties formed a Dominion controlled by a Grand Titan and six Furies; a county was a Province ruled by a Grand Giant and four Night Hawks; the ...

(5 pages) 23 0 0.0 Nov/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers

Suppression of the kkk

ion" (Ku 17). The KKK used intimidation and hateful acts towards black men who were free. The First Grand Wizard of the Klan was Nathan Bedford Forrest. The Klan dressed in sheets to scare blacks who ... the Klan lacked the leadership that they had in the past. Nathan Bedford Forrest, who was the first Grand Wizard of the Klan, had passed away (Chalmers 304). After Forrest's death, the Klan's leadersh ...

(13 pages) 95 2 4.5 Feb/2005

Subjects: History Term Papers > African Studies - History

KKK (Klu Klux Klan).

e convention designated the Klan as an Invisible Empire and provided for a supreme official, called Grand Wizard of the Empire, who wielded virtually autocratic power and who was assisted by ten Genii ... autocratic power and who was assisted by ten Genii. Other principal officials of the Klan were the Grand Dragon of the Realm, who was assisted by eight Hydras; the Grand Titan of the Dominion, assist ...

(6 pages) 64 2 4.8 Nov/2005

Subjects: History Term Papers

"The Ku Klux Klan" And its role during the aftermath of the Great Depression

ality of white womanhood embodied in their declaration of Principles with a supreme leader called a Grand Wizard assisted by the Genie with other officials of the Klan empire being the Grand Dragon of ... ther officials of the Klan empire being the Grand Dragon of the Realm assisted by eight Hydras, the Grand Titan and six Furies, the Grand Cyclops of the Den and two nighthawks. Klan's men wore robes o ...

(4 pages) 35 0 5.0 Oct/2006

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Ku Klux Klan

uncontrollable. The structure was relatively simple. Each state was designated a realm, ruled by a Grand Dragon. Each District a Dominion, Ruled by a Grand Titian. Each County a Province, ruled by a ... by a Grand Giant (Randel 16).Now the Klan was in need of a president, a main man, a head master, a grand wizard. The Klan first turned to their old general Robert E. Lee. Lee declined the offer and r ...

(7 pages) 27 0 3.0 May/2001

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

KKK

ndividuals". (www.KuKluxKlan.org/history2.html.link) He was quickly accepted as the Head Chief, or "Grand Wizard" of the Klan. The members held Forrest in the highest regards and saw him as an emperor ...

(3 pages) 13 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History

KKK

n. We started having meetings at our den, so people could come and join if they pleased. The Grand Turk, (who we chose Crowe to be), would ask the applicant a series of test questions. ( Are yo ... lability of the white womanhood." I remember last year (in 1869), when General Forrest, our Grand Wizard, ordered us to restrict our activities. He thought that we had lost sight of our origin ...

(4 pages) 10 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: History Term Papers > Central & Southamerican History

Explain the emergence of the Ku Klux Klan in American history and the impact it had on African Americans in the South

nessee, in May, 1866. Most of the leaders were former members of the Confederate Army and the first Grand Wizard was Nathan Forrest, an outstanding general during the American Civil War. During the ne ...

(6 pages) 23 0 0.0 Jun/2009

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History