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Title: KKK, the rise and fall
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January 23, 2001 |
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Specifically, it attempted to curb black education, economic advancement, voting rights, and the right to bear arms. However, the Klan's focus was not limited to African Americans; white Republicans also became the target of vicious intimidation tactics... Showed first 250 characters
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However, the Klan's focus was not limited to African Americans; white Republicans also became the target of vicious intimidation tactics. Klan outrages were often targeted at schoolteachers and operatives of the federal Freedmen's Bureau. For example, Miss Allen of Illinois, whose school was at Cotton Gin Port in Monroe County, was visited one night in March, 1871 by about fifty men mounted on horses disguised in white robes, with their faces covered by a loose mask with scarlet stripes... Showed next 250 characters
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