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The knowledge, too, that it was in part the work of the Ku-Klux-Klan, a secret organisation pledged to disfranchise the negro by intimidation, intensified the bitterness.
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gutenberg.orgDe Alexander: “The knowledge, too, that it was in part the work of the Ku-Klux-Klan, a secret organisation pledged to disfranchise the…”
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This statement addresses the role of the Ku-Klux-Klan in perpetuating racial violence and intimidation during Reconstruction.
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