NATURE PRESENTATION

KKK

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Index

basic facts

Origins and goals

Name

Process

Rituals and symbols

Timeline

The kkk today

For and against

Map

Video

thanks

the first

What is the Ku-Klux-Klan?

Belief in white supremacy

-violence

Oldest secret society (terrorists)

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According to Wikipedia:

White supremacy or white supremacism is the belief that white people are superior to those of other races and thus should dominate them.

It was founded on December 24th 1865

In Pulaski, Tennesse
6 former Confederate Veterans

originally no political purpose
political dimension after realization by intimidating former slaves with their masks
Acceptance of southerners; were against the equality

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Origin and goals

The beginning...

name was inspired by the sound of loading a gun

Name

kuklos means circle
kuklos = Ku Klux.
Then they added “Klan” because they were a group clan

Process

1865 - 6

1920 - 4 Mio

1930 - 30.000

Today - 8.000

Rituals and symbols

White gowns represent purity

-hide their identity

Blood drop cross

Confederate flagbecause of the founders

Cross burning

-fire symbolizes the faith in Jesus Christ

-scare People

The first assassination

15 masked men forced their way into George W. Ashburn´s house (Republican) and shot him.

This act should "free the south".

1868

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The members call themselves "the knights of the Ku-Klux-Klan"

Were arrested in 1871

Re-enacted scene

Timeline

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Was a united organization

The clan was refounded as a nativistic association

Was again a united organization

Specifically started targeting African-American-led churches

1865-1875

1915

1915-1944

1955

Definition:

favoring native inhabitants

Over 180 churches already have been destroyed

Obamas election

New members joined the group

-now want to appear as modern and civic

-nevertheless they still had contact with right-wing extremist

The KKK today

For and against the klan

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73 year old former KKK leader Frazier Glenn Miller, Jr. murdered three people after opening fire at two local Jewish community centers.

Overland Park, Kansas 2014

The hackers took over the Twitter account and attacked their website. They also published names and pictures of their members.

Anonymous, 2014

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He was sentenced to death

Map

Orden des Ritter vom feurigen Kreuz

-since the 1920s

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The founders

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