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robes and hoods, and burn crosses at their out door meetings. they also burn crosses to frighten nonmembers.
KKK Rule: Klan members, who believed in the superiority of whites, soon began to terrorize blacks to keepthem from voting or exercising other rights they had gained during Reconstruction, the period following the end of the American Civil War in 1865. The Klan threatened, beat, and murdered many blacks and their white symphathizers in the South. To hide their identity, Klan terrorists wore robes and hoods,draped sheets over their horses and rode at night. The KKK spread rapidly throughout the Southern United States and became known as the invisible Empire. Its attacks helped drive blacks out of Southern political life.
The crazy members:Increased civil rights activities during the 1960's brought a new wave of Klan violence. Klan members were involved in many terrorist attacks, including the killing of three civil rights workers in Mississippi, and the bombing of a Birmingham, ...

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