Ron Stallworth,

the black man who joined

to the Ku Kux Klan.
RACISM
Ku Klux Klan and Relations with
the Readings
RACISM IS:

Unjustified distinctions between

people based on race.
Ethnic Groups=Inferior or Superior
Limit the rights and political
activities of others.
 KKK or KU KLUX KLAN
"The Clan of the Burning Cross"

Christmas Eve, in 1865.

After the CIVIL WAR and the
ABOLITION of SLAVERY by
Abraham Lincon.
"κύκλος” (circle) + klan (clan)
Disbanded en 1971.
Leader: Grand/Imperial Wizard
WE DO NOT BURN THE CROSS, WE LIGHT IT.
Members: Knights
Never turn your back on the Cross.
ACTIVITIES OF THE KKK

It promoted its ideologies by

violent and propagandistic
acts.
Black Legion killed a lot of
people.
IDEOLOGIES: Abstinence and the
Prohibition (1920)
Terrorism
White Nationalism
Xenophobia.
Anti-Catholicism
Anti-Feminism
Anti-Immigration
White Supremacism
Racial Segregation
Connections with the
Stories and Readings
ALCOHOLISM AND PROHIBITION

Alcoholism and its negative

consequences.
More education and prevention.
Ku Klux Klan supported the Prohibition
in 1920.
Political influence
THOSE WHO DON’T KNOW

Neighborhood suffers discrimination

 PAPER FLOWERS

Middle of the 60’s.

The white supremacist groups had limited
the black people’s rights.
Ellen and Judy wanted to be activists.
Fight for the human rights and the Civil
War.
Bob Dylan, Joan Baez and M. Luther
King Jr.
 WASHINGTON DC

Ku Klux Klan’s March in 1926

 What’s Your Problem?

The Brotherhood of the

White Fist

KKK fuelled many other racist groups.

Brotherhood of the White Fist attacked Jaspal’s
family.
Two deaths and one injured
Fighting for a Pure Nation