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The Ku Klux Klan, commonly referred to as the KKK, was
created in attempt to maintain white supremacy and encourage discrimination
against blacks. Created in 1866, this organization gathered to intimidate
African Americans. However, blacks were not the only ones affected by this
group; any person who tried to help a victim or threatened the Klan's power was
threatened with death. Common acts of punishments were mobbing, hangings, and
shootings. This racist group extended into most southern states by 1870, and
hundreds of men were committing these murders without any legal punishment. In
the past, the KKK is a similar situation to the Nazi group during the
Holocaust. Both were made up of men committing genocide out of a place of spite
and create dark periods in history.
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