Category: KKK

The Meridian Race Riot of 1871: The Failure of the Rickety Reconstruction
The Meridian race riot of 1871 illustrates the battles between freedmen and the KKK and other white supremacists in the South during the Reconstruction era ... Read More

The Reconstruction: Federal Army, Carpetbaggers, and Blacks in Office
Then, in 1875, federal army and the carpetbaggers leave, the KKK wins, Black Codes are put in place and the Jim Crow era begins. The Reconstruction is barely even mentioned in history textbooks ... Read More