Posted on 03/04/2005 1:05:53 PM PST by laissez- faire
Klansmen were drawn from every walk of life, but the leaders often were from the landholding and professional elite. After a brief flurry of practical joking and pretending to be ghosts, the Klan emerged as a terrorist group dedicated to defeating the Republican party and keeping blacks in "their place" socially and economically.
Most southern counties saw little of the Klan, but others were overrun by it for months or years at a time. It tended to thrive where the two parties or races were relatively evenly balanced; in such places, terrorism was most apt to change election results. In the worst-affected counties, disguised night riders ranged the countryside on a regular basis, dragging people from their homes, whipping, shooting, or otherwise assaulting them, destroying their property, or driving them away. Most of the victims were black, but white Republicans were also targets.
In a few states, such as Arkansas and North Carolina, white Republicans organized militia units and broke up the Klan. In most states, however, federal intervention was required, in the form of congressional legislation, military arrests, and trials in federal courts.
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Dean hates republicans...he said so....Klan hated republicans.....I would say we are doing something right.
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