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Tulsa Race Massacre - The Promised Land | 1

American History Tellers

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The Birth of a Nation

The kkk first began in tennessee with the end of the civil war in 1865 It was a threatening organization whose members killed african-americans, especially those running for office and white sympathizers. Its methods became so horrifying that the federal government cracked down passing the coup clucks clan act in 1871 allowing the government to prosecute the clan for hate crimes. By the early 1870s the Organized kkk was largely defunct until two things happened The first was a silent film made by director wd griffith and starring lillian gish Called birth of a nation it depicted black men as beasts unable to contain their sexual urges toward white women. A former teacher named william j

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