Tactics
The unique but horrible tactics of the Ku Klux Klan was what made them so terrifying. The Ku Klux Klan used the method of lynching to get their point to the black community. " It ain't yours over 1000 thousand African American were lynched due to small offenses such as shoplifting, or notifying the public about lynching via newspaper" (Helium). Wyatt Outlaw a leader of the Anti_slavery union in North Carolina was raided in his home on February 26, 1870. He was lynched in front of the courthouse with a note on his corpse saying " Beware you guilty - White and Black" (Executed). When the Ku Klux Klan was at its peak an average of 70 African Americans were lyched every year (History). The The Ku Klux Klan liked to assassinate black political leaders to make the black community feel threatened. "The KKK would carry out assassinations on various political figures such as Arkansas Congressman James M. Hinds. They also resorted to breaking up black prayer meetings and invading homes of blacks" (Helium). The Klan systematically murdered black politicians and leaders. Thousands were whipped, tortured and killed. A black would try and fight back but they would be outnumbered and outgun. An African American just be killed for no reasons at all (Pbs). The Ku klux Klan burnt crosses in front or nearby houses of African Americans to Intimidate the black community and as a reminder of faith in the white supremacy. To the Ku Klux Klan the lighting of the cross means faith, just like in churches. But to the black community it meant much more. The burning cross was to intimidate the black community, to show the power of the Klan. Soon they started burning crosses on the targets lawn. The Ku Klux Klan did many things that made the African American life unequal and unfair. Slaves went through many things to find their place in America and the Ku Klux Klan was just a road block that slowed down their progress.