Video: The Ku Klux Klan is an ultra-right organization, the mention of which is still chilling
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
Exactly 150 years ago, an ultra-right organization was founded, whose name alone evokes the best associations - Ku Klux Klan (KKK). The massacres carried out by its members, dressed in white caps with slits for the eyes, are not inferior in cruelty to the medieval ones. And the echoes of the KKK can be found even now, in modern society.
On December 24, 1865, six former Confederate officers and a Tennessee state judge formed an organization called the Ku Klux Klan. At first, they wanted to call themselves "Knights of the Kuklos", that is, "Knights of the Circle", but then they could be confused with other secret communities popular at that time. Then one of the newly minted members, Captain Kennedy (Scottish by birth), suggested using the word "clan", which meant family. Over time, "kuklos" was transformed into "ku-klux".
After the creation of their organization, the founders decided to ride horses along the streets, wrapped in white sheets. All blacks who saw the white horsemen fled in horror, believing that these were the souls of the slain Confederates. So white robes are not deliberately chosen symbols of the "purity" of the white race, but a coincidence.
The situation after the end of the Civil War and the liberation of the slaves became fertile ground for the popularization of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK). The rich, deprived of free labor, and the poorest segments of the population, also dissatisfied with the fact that a myriad of practically free workers appeared on the labor market, joined the organization in droves. The topic of inequality between blacks and whites was even touched upon in the KKK Constitution. But in fact, the members of the organization carried out pogroms, committed sophisticated murders. It is known that in the period from 1865 to 1870 more than 15 thousand people were killed by the Ku Klux Klan. And not only blacks, but also objectionable politicians have already been persecuted. The activities of the so-called 1st KKK came to naught in connection with the death of the ideological inspirer.
The second wave of the Ku Klux Klan was marked by the 1920s. Blacks, emigrants, the undermined economy after World War I - all these factors again became "positive" moments for the new founders of the KKK. In addition, the film "The Birth of a Nation" (1915) played into the hands of the growth of the organization, since in the plot members of the KKK were shown as heroes-liberators. The renewed Ku Klux Klan positioned itself as a "charitable and patriotic order." Unlike the previous KKK, which killed dozens of hundreds of blacks, the members of this "convocation" carried out mainly terrorist acts, and the activities of the entire "order" were more focused on political influence in the country.
During the 20th century, there were several fragmented organizations of the Ku Klux Klan, since each leader wanted to be in charge. Modern members of the KKK organization claim that they have forgotten about violence, and only support Christian traditions and order in the streets. Contemporary artists and photographers in every possible way emphasize the fact that racial discrimination has practically disappeared. A white background, one sweater for everyone and a face smeared with makeup - all this united the people who took part in the photo project. "Down with discrimination!" Martha Pavlik.
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