After listening to everyone present today in class, I was able to find one specific part of the reconstruction era for EOTO that was most interesting to me. I listened to both sides of the argument, the positive and the negative. The negative side stood out to me for many reasons. The main reason for this was the topic of the Ku Klux Klan.
To give a little back story on the Ku Klux Klan it was founded in 1866 in Tennessee. The Klan’s main goal was to try and restore White supremacy. One of their main targets was the Freedman Bureaus. The Freedman Bureau’s goal was to help former slaves in the South get on track with starting their new lives.
This stood out to me because of how the Klan went after these innocent people who just wanted reconstruction. These former slaves had just come from winning a war and now had to deal with the retaliation from this group. The Ku Klux Klan would often do many things in retaliation, but they never fully succeeded.
The reconstruction after the Civil War did happen slowly and, in the end, they had to accept defeat. Although there are some people who still try to keep white supremacy going there is little to no success due to the understanding that there is no difference between White and Black people.
The thoughts of the Klan did much damage, and it is important to use what happened back in this time to show how much more damage they did. Treating people as separate is never something good in the world. Therefore, when looking into these actions that had happened it is important to learn how we have grown and have come together that these beliefs of White supremacy are something that should never make people side with them today.
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