What was the Ku Klux Klan?
The Ku Klux Klan was a white underground terrorist group.
What did they wear?
Members of the Ku Klux Klan dressed in white robes to stress their belief that whites were superior to blacks.
What did they enforce?
As a result many black people did not register to vote and kept away from white areas.
What did they induce?
They created a wave of terror which included threats of violence, bullying, lynching, setting fire to buildings and murder, among blacks and those who tried to help them.
What did the subject them to?
Blacks who tried to vote or gain an education were subjected to name calling, bullying and beatings from white people who supported the aims of the Ku Klux Klan.
what happened toMichael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman, and James Chaney
When Schwerner, Goodman, and Chaney, a young black man, were coming back from a trip to Philadelphia, Mississippi, deputy sheriff Cecil Price, who was also a Klan member, pulled them over for speeding. He then held them in custody while other KKK members