Category: Ku Klux Klan
Taking Practical Steps Against Miscegenation: John Walthall’s Murder in Georgia 1871
On October 21, 1871 Maria Carter, an African American woman, testified before the Joint Select Committee of Congress on the killing of John Walthall in…
Ku Klux Flour? Kooking With The Klan in 1868
So I was reading the daily farm report a while ago and I saw the report on commodities and darn if there wasn’t something called…
April 1867 First Ku Klux Klan Convention Held in Nashville’s Maxwell House
The founding of America’s oldest terrorist group, the Ku Klux Klan, is shrouded in myth and legend. While Klan lore places its first meeting on…
“They hung three or four negroes nearly dead” The Ku Klux in Florence, Ala. Nov. 26, 1868
This account of a Ku Klux Klan occupation of Florence comes from the Democratic newspaper the Daily Phoenix. It was originally published in the Memphis…
Smithsonian Magazine on the St. Landry Parish Massacre Louisiana September 1868
Smithsonian Magazine has an interesting article on the St Landry Massacre of 1868. The article is a good overview of the mass murder of African…
Knights of the White Camelia and the Election of 1868 in Lousiana
I found an interesting article on one of the less well-known white supremacist terrorist organizations, the Knights of the White Camelia. This group was based…
Ku Klux Kristmas: The Last Attacks of 1868
1868 was the worst year for Ku Klux violence so far. Christmas-time saw continued attacks, even though the total number declined after the 1868 elections….
Grant Advisor Horace Porter Reports on Political Violence in Arkansas in the Later Part of 1868
Grant’s aide Horace Porter visited Arkansas in December 1868 to determine the conditions there. The state had experienced severe political violence in 1868. This is…
African Americans Organize to Expel Klan from Their Town in Tennessee June 1868
African Americans frequently organized themselves to counter Klan terrorism. This article describes an attack by the Klan in Chapel Hill, Tn. on a black man…
“Terrorism in Tennessee” KKK in March 1868
I have sometimes been criticized for calling the Ku Klux Klan a terrorist organization by people who say that “terrorism” is a modern term. Many…