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Why did the KKK want black people dead?

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The Ku Klux Klan at the height of its power (the 1870s until mid 1920s) didn't want to kill many Black people as this would have caused a four-pronged backlash: 1. read more

The Klan did not want Black people dead. Black people filled a role in the economy of the South; they were a source of cheap, readily exploited labor with no opportunity for advancement. read more

Further Research

The KKK and racial problems
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