The Ku Klux Klan & Reconstruction
Civics & Coffee: A History Podcast
02/15/25
•19m
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Join me this week as I explore the history of the first iteration of the Ku Klux Klan. Learn about the earliest days of the organization, how it evolved into a dangerous domestic terrorist group, and how their acts of violence sough to depress the influence of Black Americans and the Republican Party throughout the former Confederacy.
Please note, there is mature content shared in this episode.
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