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“Our definition of a nigger, no matter what color they are, is a dirty, lowdown person who takes and takes and takes from society and does not give anything back,” stated a Klansman when asked his opinion about blacks (Ku Klux Klan 57). Veterans of the Civil War rode around the town on horse back dressed as clowns. In turn, they hoped to brighten the sad townsmen. Many ex-slaves saw the horsemen as ghosts of Confederate. The “KKK” turned into a militant group, hoping to preserve white rule in the south. The Ku Klux Klan started off hating blacks, but grew into hating every race but their own. The Ku Klux Klan is a hate group that committed and demonstrated terrible crimes. (Ku Klux Klan) The Ku Klux Klan was a secret that was carefully guarded in the early beginnings. Four men wanted to bring up the spirit of the town, when the four men began dressing up like clowns. Once the four men found different race groups insulting the clown outfits, the “clowns” began to strike back. In the small town of Pulaski, Tennessee, the Klan started committing terrible crimes against blacks. For example, Sunday morning 1963, four black schoolgirls were killed in their choir robes when Klansmen blew up their church. Also in Cullman, Alabama, the Klan admitted being involved in the kidnapping and beating of a black minister by three carloads of whites (Ku Klux Klan 57- 58).
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