Essays Tagged: "KKK"

A Black Cloud - thoughts about hatred

s. Another group that is a target ofhatred are the blacks. The Ku Klux Klan, otherwise known as the KKK, possess intensehatred for the black race. Their hatred is demonstrated by marching in white clo ... loaks inprotest and also by burning the churches and neighborhoods of blacks. Just as Hitler andthe KKK express hatred, the Skinheads are yet another group which have strongprejudices. These so called ...

(2 pages) 77 0 3.5 Mar/1997

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Comparative Philosophy & Ethics

Facism: Is it Purely History?

e are know, are against fascism. Today there are many neo-fascist groups, such as the Ku Klux Klan (KKK), that share this opinion on fascism.The New American Webster Handy College Dictionary says fasc ...

(2 pages) 110 1 3.0 Mar/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays

This essay is a breif discripition of how the KKK formed and who the founding fathers were.

Piloted by the thoughts of a world with only one superior race, the KKK often uses violence and moves over the law to promote their cause. They have been in the darknes ... pened when the individuals in high authority started to fight against them. (www.altered.com/dengue/kkk/history.htm)In the past few years with the introduction of Internet service, the Klan has found ...

(3 pages) 97 1 4.5 May/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues

Skinhead Violence

is tied into political and other violent andnonviolent groups, suck as the White Aryan Resistance, KKK, populist Party, British NationalParty, and several others. They get support from so called punk ...

(3 pages) 65 0 3.0 Oct/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues

Immigrants migrating to the united states.

ream about they were often disappointed. During the 19th and 20th centuries many groups such as the KKK, Nativist, and the Labors were opposed to allowing immigrants in to the United States. They didn ... l of these contributed to the unfair and unjust experiences of immigrants in the United States. The KKK, Nativist, and the Labors didn't help the situation they just made it worst hurting the immigran ...

(1 pages) 86 0 3.0 Dec/2002

Subjects: History Term Papers

Was the Ku Klux Klan of the 1920's Extremist?

Ku Klux Klan as a racist terrorist organization that was set up to persecute any minority that the KKK felt threatened by.One author to write on this was David H. Bennett and his article "Traditional ... what makes them an extremist group. At parts Bennett even seems to be glorifying the ideals of the KKK, presenting them as a patriotic organization. The quote "we of the Klan...stand up for America a ...

(5 pages) 88 0 5.0 May/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

The Klu Klux Klan.

influential white supremacists group in the US and has existed for almost 150 years. Abbreviated to KKK, the Klu Klux Klan was established right after the end of the Civil War. By April 1867 it had al ... had already spread down to Nashville. Most of the leaders were leaders of the Confederate Army. The KKK's purpose was to keep segregation legal and to keep whites from mixing with black people. They c ...

(2 pages) 70 0 3.0 May/2003

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

Prejudice Essay.

eotypical, irrelevant, inadequate knowledge. Such groups as the internationally known Ku Klux Klan (KKK) demonstrated extreme prejudice actions. In my essay, I will cover what prejudice is, the differ ...

(2 pages) 180 2 3.0 Nov/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

The American Dream.

ior over those below. The Civil War, the imperialisticrace of the 19th century, the Korean War, the KKK, and the Gulf War are allexamples of the "American Dream" of superiority playing a part in Ameri ... ans trying to achieve the "American dream", being the ideaof a "Ciity upon a hill." The goal of the KKK has always been to purifyAmerica of all non- whites which they refer to as un-Americans. The KKK ...

(6 pages) 128 0 5.0 Nov/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Things that amounted American Revolution

velopments that caused the revolution were the Black Codes, Freedmen's Bureau and the Ku Klux Klan (KKK). Document A contains a constitutional development which had to do with South Carolina Declarati ... of the Ku Klux Klan and the White League made it hard for them and the freedmen had no rights. The KKK's primary victim were blacks, they wanted the blacks to stay lower in the society and weren't ha ...

(2 pages) 32 0 3.7 Mar/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Was the KKK Successful?

The Ku Klux Klan or KKK is one of America's oldest and most feared groups. Driven by the dream of a world with only one ... rica's oldest and most feared groups. Driven by the dream of a world with only one master race, the KKK often uses violence and takes the law into their own hands in order to promote their cause. The ... sly an organization that would stop at nothing to restore white supremacy throughout the south. The KKK became the leading force behind the Democratic Party. They intimidated black voters into voting ...

(2 pages) 47 0 3.8 Apr/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers

Hate Speech.

or screens on the Internet so it is easy for them to send pretty much anything they would like. The KKK takes full advantage of this opportunity and uses it to their fullest extent. As of now I ... ght to free speech; free religion; and peaceful assembly. Recently a law was passed saying that the KKK was not practicing peaceful assembly when they were in their hoods because they must be identifi ...

(1 pages) 42 0 3.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology

The work of the Ku Klux Klan

ns such as the White Brotherhood, the Men of Justice, and the Knights of the White Camelia, but the KKK was the most influential and widely recognized of the groups.At the beginning, the main goal of ...

(5 pages) 40 0 4.0 Oct/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers

The Life of Malcolm X

of the white rapist's blood in him. When Malcolm was only a child, his house was burnt down by the KKK. Shortly after, his father was murdered by them. While serving time in jail for burglary and dru ...

(3 pages) 65 0 4.6 Nov/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > African Studies - History

WAS THE KKK AN EXTREMIST MOVEMENT?

ican. They usually enacted terrible hate crimes upon the immigrants. To continue, the 1920's KKK ring inflicted hate upon the Jewish population. Acts such as cross-burnings lead to many deaths ... therefore, they had to live most of their lives in agony. This hate shows another clue towards the KKK's extremist acts. Also one group held the rank of the number one hated above all others - ...

(1 pages) 61 2 2.7 Dec/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Marlboro is owned by the Ku Klux Klan

on three surfaces of the packet (front, bottom and back) and one could read three ks, resulting in "KKK", the abreviated name for the Ku Klux Klan.Marking #2The two horses on the Marlboro crest also c ...

(1 pages) 29 1 5.0 Feb/2005

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

Suppression of the kkk

17). The Klan used the secrecy to help them toward "resistance to radical restoration" (Ku 17). The KKK used intimidation and hateful acts towards black men who were free. The First Grand Wizard of th ... rd of the enforcement acts (Urofsky 452). This act was brought about because of the many reports of KKK violence in the South. The federal government started receiving many cries for help from the sou ...

(13 pages) 95 2 4.5 Feb/2005

Subjects: History Term Papers > African Studies - History

O brother where art thou, and the Odyssey Prompt: Creatures encountered in the film and the text- how are they similar/ different?

on) The "traveling bible sales man" con artist (Cyclops) the 3 women by the river (the sirens), the KKK (Laestrygonians), and the Baptists (the lotus eaters).There are many similarities between the cr ... as the sirens did. There is also the part in the movie where Ulysses and his companions came upon a KKK ceremony and lynching. The KKK represented the Laestrygonians from The Odyssey. This is because ...

(6 pages) 32 0 5.0 May/2005

Subjects: Art Essays

Women of the Klan

an, sociologist Kathleen Blee portrays a disturbing and provocative look at the hidden world of the KKK, focusing on women. Through her own research, historical documents, letters, and in-camera inter ... ity of womanhood and the sanctity of the home. Though women had been involved, to some extent, the WKKK was viewed by its members not merely as a supporting organization, but as a society "by women, f ...

(1 pages) 32 1 3.9 May/2005

Subjects: Social Science Essays

Malcolm X

many memories of things the Ku Klux Klan did to his family. In one of his memories he remembers the KKK simply trying to scare his family while his dad was out of town giving a sermon somewhere else a ... nother time his dad was home and they set his house on fire and that time Malcolm's dad shot at the KKK members. Soon after that his dad died and it was said that he killed himself but it was obvious ...

(3 pages) 46 1 5.0 May/2005

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis