This document is essentially a manifesto of the Klan's major principles. Sum up the principles around which the Klan was organized. Does anything stand out to you about this document? How does this information differ from your preconceived notions about the Klan?
Please make sure to interact with your classmates' points, too!
Due: MIDNIGHT, Wednesday, Dec. 13
44 comments:
If congress investigated Nathan Bedord Forrest for his involvement in the Klan, and found him not guilty of founding the Klan, Why do you writers always begin your aricles with: Nathan Bedford Forrest founder of the k.k.k. etc. Ken
This document was written by Nathan Bedford Forrest and it was to outline what the Klan believed in and what they stood for. They have three objects for the order: 1) their purpose in the klan was to basically be like a robin hood and defend whats right
2) abide by the rules that the consitution laid
3) make sure other people follow the rules as well
I always thought that the KKK went against rules and just hated blacks and wanted for them all to die. I also thought it was weird they actually had interrogations for people because i thought it would be like if you are a racist then your in.
this document by the ku klux klan
sets up a society for these men to live by. in the creed the document says they are under the rule of the united states and of the Divine Being and that they know they have to follow the rules set down by the constitution and still listen to the united states government. the document sounds as if this was in england back when king arthur was around because they were showing how chivalric they were and patriotic. it also says how what they mean to do is protect the weak and stop people from doing wrong(sounds like another form of police to me with a cooler name)
it also says to help protect the constitution and help enforce the laws it makes(again it sounds like the police)
something that really stands out to me is the names of all the people it sounds as if they played dungeons and dragons. i think all of these names are cool but it wouldnt really sound to official if you were introduced as the Goblin(for one)
from reading this it is totally different than what i have already heard because most of the incidents involving the kkk was killing black people or others who helped blacks
This document is written by the KKK creates a set of standards for their members to live by. their principles were to 1. protect the weak 2. to protect and defend the constitution 3. to aid and assist in the execution of all constitutional laws. These points stand out to me because it seems as if they are doing all good, which to them they are. I thought that all the kkk was to just get rid of minorities and such not to try and "help" others. Like mark said all the other things that i had heard about the kkk was them killing black people. I learned that the kkk was not out just to get rid of black people.
Generally, the Organization and Principles of the Ku Klux Klan established a supremacist society against the Republican party and "negro equality, both social and political." The society had three main objectives. First, "to protect the weak, the innocent, and the defenseles" (how original)-I liked how rachel compared this to a Robin Hood-sort-of act because the KKK really believed they were protecting the South from what they believed to be a tyrannical, radical Republican party. Second, to defend the United States' Constitution. And third, to ensure that all constitutional laws are held true and followed.
Ok so my interesting points and preconceived notions kind of tie in but bear with me. Here it goes: I think it's very interesting that under the "Interrogations to be Asked" section, there is basically only one point (5th) that even mentions opposition to negro equality and it really doesn't say that, it just asks if the person being questioned is opposed to the idea. However, the majority of the questions concerned views of and relations with the Republican party. So turns out, or what I got from it was, that the KKK's main concern wasn't their fear of being equal with blacks (I've always viewed them as a death-to-all-blacks, white power kind of group because that's how they've been portrayed), but more like their fear of consequences. They knew that they were pretty much going to get a whipping from the Republican party for being so defiant during the war and I guess they were scared to allow any Republican involvement in their society whatsoever.
The Klan’s first principles were basically to keep the confederacy in tact and to make sure southerners were not completely run by the union. It surprised me that black people were seldom mentioned in the document. It really only said they wanted to keep them suppressed not do any harm to them. I believe that if the creators of this “social club” were alive during the early to mid nineteen hundreds they would have been shocked to see how far the organization was taken. Though the Klan was not meant to install terror in people, especially in the south, it has become something sinister and the only purpose is to evoke terror in the black race.
The clan basically wanted to "protect the laws of the Constitution", "protect the weak and oppressed", and "protect the rights of the South". The titles are pretty funny. I'm really interested in how they came up with them. Nothing really differs from my previous notions. I knew that they tried to justify their actions by saying they were protecting certain things.
The Klu Klux Klan wrote out their organization and principles in an organized outline. As supporters of white supremacy, they based their organization on protecting and defending the constitution and making sure that constitutional laws were executed. They also strived to protect the weaker group of people, especially among the "widows and orphans of Confederate soldiers". This particular objective stands out to me because most would argue that black slaves were seen as a weaker, defensless group in society, yet the Klan belittled them on account of white supremacy instead of seeing them as a weaker group and helping them as they pledged to do. Suprisingly, white supremacy was not emphasized in their beliefs, as I would have thought prior to reading this document, but mearly hinted in the "interrogations to be asked" section by the questions that they ask (such as questions 5,6, and 9). This document is reminisent of the U.S. Constitution in that it defines the group in question ("We, the Order of the..." much like "We, the people of the United States..."), explains why the organization was founded, and it also lays out the authoritative titles. The only thing I do not really understand is their titles. As mark pointed out, they sound like names of people who would play dungeons and dragons. The names might be intimidating but regular names would have created more authority.
Writers: The organizers of the KKK?
POV/Purpose: To establish the creed, order & divisions, and qualifications/requirements of this secret society
Main idea: According to the institutors of the KKK (or ***), the group is a noble and necessary conglomerate bent on enforcing the Constitutional rights of, and protecting, all (whites). The document proceeds to establish the hierarchy with which the KKK is constructed. Then it lists some questions or whatever that are part interrogation, part oath of loyalty. . .
Doc reminds me of: nothing, really.
Stuff that stood out: for one, the whole secret-secret *** thing is stupid. And, also, someone must've used up all their creative juices coming up with the elaborate hierarchy of the KKK. Come on, Grand Dragon, Genii, Hydras, Furies, Night Hawks, etc. etc. . .the only things they're missing are ninjas and pirates, per the internet. Well, as we know, the South was mostly living in their own little fantasy world. .
As far as preconceived notions, I always thought the Klan was really creepy, and this document only corroborates that. However, their mantra is pretty ironic: "To protect the weak, the innocent, and the defenseless, from the indignities, wrongs, an doutrages of teh lawless, the violent, and the brutal." Very funny. I didn't know that the Klan thought they were obeying the law. I guess they also dictate the laws they obey. It's really complicated, if you ask me.
In response to the first post: what? And who is Ken?
In response to Mark, not Zack: LOL LOL Dragons and Dungeons--very droll
There was a guy in my writing class whose ancestor was also a grand Dragon or something. He wasn't racist but I still didn't like him because he was a jerk, to put it kindly.
This document was not necessarily written by Nathan Bedford Forrest as others have said, but was still the primary document representing the Klan's organization and, well, principles. They claim that their principles are loyalty to the United States and upholding its constitution. This is coupled with more general values that seem even more ironic such as humanity and mercy. That more than anything stands out as opposite of the Klan's eventual purpose and actions. Nathan Bedford Forrest himself would later denounce the order for straying from its originally set goals that are set in this document. Not to defend him or anything. Still, it shows that the order was likely not founded to oppress black people and still had a semi-noble vision beyond racism that completely failed to work out.
What a way for the South to be taken seriously after loosing a war! I mean, I can't think of anything that would be better than to create an organization that upholds the nation's values, and the Constitutional laws. Sounds just wonderful. Just makes sure that you don't get the grand dragon or wizard mad because then they might have to show some of that helping spirit that we all know worked out so well. The Ku Klux Klan was originally formed to protect the weak- the injured Southerners from the war, to defend the Constitution of the United States, and to assist in carrying out the laws. None of their “characters” and “objects” ever actually states anything about the freed blacks, even though the Klan could stretch some of the goals to degrading the blacks. Once the South had lost the war, the blacks needed jobs to pay for their newly freed lives. And without slaves, the economy for the plantation owners was going down. So, by protecting the weak and the unfortunate, the KKK could be defending their homes from the blacks. Their second and third objective obviously weren’t very strong, since they may have you know, just- hmm?? Congress says to what? I’m sorry- I can’t hear you- my big gangster hood is in the way- and bam, forgotten about them. This document does not seem to be the beginning of the organization that was none for the terrorizing the blacks of the South. Their racism is obvious during their interrogation question, but pretty much everybody in the South wasn’t exactly peachy-keen about the freed slaves back then. And who is Ken? (sorry if that's someone I just forgot about)
I think the 1st post is from some random person who found our blog...
Pretty much, the Klan's main objective was to defend their beliefs, and to make sure that the constitution was upheld. They wanted to protect the rights of whites primarily, and most of their ramblings sound like they pretty much were against blacks doing anything...
I thought the interrogation questions were pretty funny...Especially the one asking if you are, or were ever a member of the Radical Republican (alliteration) party. Gee, I wonder who they didn't like...
And also, like everyone has, and probably will comment..the hierarchy names are pretty priceless. Most notable is the Grand Cyclops of the Den and his two Night Hawks. I found that one pretty fantastic.
Not be be a total loser nerd or anything..But the KKK have always reminded me of death eaters from harry potter. With thier robes and supremacy and what not. I don't think they had cool tattoos though...
The "Organization and Principles of the Ku Klux Klan" really lays a foundation for what the Klan was to believe in. It seemed like the society was concerned about upholding the Constitution, but at the same time remaining loyal to the South. I think the document sounded like it was written by a group of people who are stuck on the fact that the South lost the Civil War. If anyone who had never heard of the Klan and read this, they might think that they were a great group of people that wanted to defend civil rights, which is interesting because the protection of rights is the exact opposite of what most people expect of the Klan. What I found ironic is that the Klan sound so loyal to the Constitution and everything, but like everyone else, they forgot the phrase "all men created equal".
Gah lee! I never thought that I would be sitting here reading the rules of the Klan for homework! Basically, this document tells all of the basic rules of the Klan. If I didn’t know what the history of the Klan was and had never heard of it, it wouldn’t seem like a bad club at all. Which it is extremely ironic that the character of the order emphasizes mercy and humanity when they burned blacks on crosses. Also it says that they will uphold laws passes by congress (which INCLUDES the amendment freeing the slaves and giving them voting rights) but they worked to hinder the progress of the African Americans. And lastly, they pledged to protect and defend the constitution that gave blacks rights. Hmmmm, interesting, they totally were hypocrites and they broke their own rules!
The first post confused me for a second. :/
Anywho,
This document was written by Nathan Bedford and other founding members of the Klan. The purpose was basically to state the objectives of the order, and how to actually the secretive "***". Three of the main prinicples I noticed were that they wanted to protect the weak and innocent, protect and defend the Constitution, and aid and assist in the execution of the laws. What stood out to me were the weird names of the officers, like most everyone is saying, like Dungeons and Dragons. Weird stuff. The territory divisions and the names and how everything came together confused me. I also thought that like Rachel, if you were a racist you were in, but no, you actually have to be interviewed. It was just odd to me reading this.
Liz Godwin...
This document was written by Nathan Bedford and telling the Klan's principles. Well first off i don't see why they put * * *. i mean i think we all know thats standing for Ku Klux Klan. Anyway, in the part talking about the their charater and objects was total wack because they're saying among their goals they want to protect the weak from violent people and relieve those of injury and all that stuff when they were the ones going out and being violent towards black people. sounds pretty hypocritical to me. I agree with Liz about the whole titles part. Their names were pretty odd. i mean come on...Grand Giant, Night Hawks, and Grand Cyclops? kinda lame. I didn't realize that you had be asked questions in order to join. And question 5--are you opposed to negro equality, both social and political?--what kind of question is that? obviously they are against negro equality seeing as they're trying to join a I-hate-blacks organization. it interesting reading though.
The main point of the document was to first establish a "pro-American" image that would uphold "American" ideals (or at least as they saw them) and to also promote white supremacy and further racial segregation. The point of view is that of a bunch of southern, ex-Confederate men that wanted to promote their new little club. The purpose was to set out their "club's" goals and purposes and then to provide a way in which people could join this new club. The Klan was supposed to "protect the weak, the innocent, and the defenseless, from the idignities, wrongs, and ourtages of the lawless, the violent, and the brutal" all while spreading the belief in racial supremacy and inferiority. It is certainly ironic that they can claim to uphold values that are worthwhile and then to also have a racist and violent facet. One thing that definetly stands out is that they wanted to make sure that no Yankees were going to join the Klan and to also make sure that their were no proponents of the Radical Republican Party amoung them (as is evidenced by their interrogations). I learned from Nate that Nathan Bedford Forrest went away from the Klan when it began to take more of a violent path, which is interesting. Nothing confusing here.
Nathan Bedford Forrest is the author of this document. This document outlined the things the Klan stood for as well as what the Klan was all about. The Klan based their organization off of the Constitution and it was their duty to defend it at all cost. Apparently the Klan's duty was to protect the weak, the innocent, and the defenseless, uphold and defend the constitution, and aid in the execution of all constitutional law. When I thought of KKK prior to reading this document, I thought of a bunch of white men who went around in bed sheets being super mean to the black people. The document never really mentions white supremacy and how blacks are beneath them. Like Sophie, I agree that the topic of races really wasn't mentioned in this document. The Ku Klux Klan, if I was to only read this document, would seem like a great group in the community who only wanted to help others. It is very interesting to know that they had interrogations to be asked. Like, Rachel I figured if you were a racist then you were in. I find it incredibly funny, like tina, that they put *** instead of KKK. I mean big secret right...not. Like a lot of other people who have already made a comment, I find the titles to be confusing. I mean I totally didn't understand those. They could have made the titles more common so everyone completely understood.
The essential points of the document do not differ with what I thought they would be, lots of racist ideas mixed in with weird cult-ish (cult-esque?) types of member ranking, etc. However, it was different from what I expected it to in that much of the document went on a good bit about protecting the weak and obeying the laws set forth by the government and defend the rights of the common people while making sure they followed already established laws and the constitution. Perhaps this was the initial draw for a lot of people in the Reconstruction era, thinking that they were joining an organization dedicated to protecting rights they felt abused by the newly republican Southern state governments.
This document was written by the Klan and was originally led by Nathan Bedford Forrest and it was basically the outline of the beliefs of the KKK and their objectives in the organization. They saw themselves as a group who was supposed to hold justice for people and they thought they were abiding by the constitution and holding the constitution by protecting the defenseless (supposedly) excluding the African Americans. They believed in making sure others were abiding by the constitution. I thought it was funny that Tina pointed out their names and the fact they used these names does seem like they are in some irrational fantasy world. The biggest vision I have of the KKK comes from O' Brother Where Art Thou' and the politician and all the leaders being so secretive about everything. These men that claim to be holding justice are evil in that they center their justice around violence and treating doing inhumane things.
The fact that these men had to hide behind their white outfits and all of their secrets belittles the fact that they were "trying" to uphold the constitution in the south.
This document is basically the outline for the members of the Ku Klux Klan. The whole idea of the Klan was to try and reconstruct southern society by using force and violence. The Klan's first objective was to protect the innocent and defenseless. I think that this objective is almost hypocritical becuase the people that the Klan used violence against were defenseless and innocent. That makes absolutly no sense and defies the whole point of their first objective. Their second objective was to be proctectors and advocates of the constitution and to "protect the States and people from all invasion from any source." This again sounds very hypocritical. Their last objective was to basically help in making sure proper law was followed by the people (also sorta hypocritical) Although, I can see how the Klan thought their beliefs and objects were not hypocritical becuase they thought the South was basically corrupt. It just doesn't take that much common sense to realize that they cuased even more tension and corruption by adding more violence to the mess that was already happening. i did learn though that the group wasn't just violent towards blacks, they were to anyone who they thought of as corrupting the south (radical Republicans). The whole idea of using violence to solve problems really just doens't solve anything though so i guess instead of reconstructing the south, they just sparked more riots and fear.
and in response to cyber space person the article didn't say that Nathan Bedford was the founder, it said that he was the first Grand Wizard.
Hi its Jared.
The main idea of the Organization and Principles of the Ku Klux Klan is if your tired of the Radical Republicans, Loyal League, the army, and the right for blacks to vote you are not alone in this fight. The point of view comes from the founders of the Klan such as Nathan Bedford Forrest. Ex-Confederate veterans across the south wrote this document to stop black voting and reestablish white supremace in the South. This document links to the cause for manifest destiny and taking land from the indians. I have learned that the klan developed quickly right after the civil war. Also I learned that they also targetted those hurt by the war in the South. The klan was founded on the active the Radical Republicans plan to do to the South, the army in the South, negro equality (political and social), white man's supermacy, state's rights, and having white men to have their rights back. They only use the word negro once in the entire document. I knew that the klan mostly focused on the blacks on most of these principles but I didn't know that it was in response to the radicals and the federal army.
This document is intended to outline the principles of the KKK. The 3 purposes of their organization are:
1. protect weak people
2. protect constitution
3. protect people from unlawful actions
Like Rachel Lee said, I always thought the whole purpose of the KKK was to hate blacks. I never knew they were concerned with constitutional laws and such. Like they say, Ya learn somethin new every day
The main point of this document was give guidelines for the KKK. Klan members wrote it in a point of view of those who wanted racial inequality. They wanted to government to be a "white man's government" and didn't believe blacks should have social or political equality. However, they wanted to recognize the Constitution and laws when practicing thier beliefs. The three basic principles of the Klan were: 1) protect the weak, innocent, and defenseless 2) follow the laws of the Constitution 3) Aid and assist others in following the laws of the Constitution. I agree with Rachel that I always thought the Klan was made up of just all around bad people. When in reality, they did try to obide by the Constitution and were just people who stood up for what they believed in (even though their beliefs were wrong). All I have ever heard were terrible things that the Klan had done like killing blacks and terrorizing them but really they just evolved into that, it wasn't that way in the beginning. I thought it was funny how they refered to themselves as Ghouls and Goblins.
The most interesting bit of the "Organizaion and Principles of the K.K.K.", besides the Dungeons and Dragons-esque terminology they use as their official titles, was the fact that the objects of the order did not include anything race related. Only in the interrogation segment does the document mention that a member must be opposed to "negro equality". The document is more centered on creating a noble image for the Klan, as an organization that protects the Constitution and the weak, especially Confederate widows and orphans. This is the side of the Klan, as Taylor also observed, that is very often overshaddowed by the extremist racism they practice. Their entire outlook is one sided though. Instead of regarding the blacks as defenseless and innocent, they regard them as brutal and violent, and strive to protect the families of the former confederacy from them. They also do not view the radical republican views as valid or constitutional, and consequently vow to protect the Constitution. You could easily turn this around and say they were doing the opposite, but the point remains that the KKK, for many, seemed like the most appealing idea ever to many of the people on the wrong side of the Civil War, people whose lives were totally disrupted by the fight over slavery and who projected their consequential anger onto the actual slaves, who hadn't really done anything.
The document written involving the Ku Klux Klan was written to show what the Klan believed was right and what they stood up for. Some of their main points include they want to protect the weak and the innocent, and relieve those with injury, but their main goal was to reconstruct the south by using violence. The KKK was not only violent towards the blacks, which was interesting and something i never knew. The KKK was also violent towards people who they believed were "corrupting" the south...i also found it interesting, like liz, that you had to be asked questions in order to join the KKK..
Blair Hardin :)
The document, “Organization and Principles of the Ku Klux Klan” was written by Nathan Bedford and other founding members of the ***. The document’s purpose was to come up with rules of the KKK and how to get accepted into the Klan. I never knew people had to be interrogated to become a member of the KKK. The three main principles were they wanted to protect the weak, to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States, and to aid and assist in the execution of all constitutional laws. I agree with both Liz’s about the weird names and that question five was pretty stupid too. Before I read this document all I thought about the Ku Klux Klan was they were people that wore white gown things with pointy white hoods and they hated black people. But in this document they rarely mention blacks. I guess I learned that the KKK didn’t like anyone (Radical Republicans) who tried to mess up the South. I do not see how the Klan thought terror and violence was going to fix the problems…to me it seems like it would make it worse.
*And Mrs.Stone I think you should comment back to that random guy who left the post! :)
I find it really interesting that what we picture the Klan being today is completely different from what they intended it to be based on the document.They consider themselves chivalrous and noble. They also seek to protect those in need of defense, such as the weak and innocent (especially widows and orphans of Confederate soldiers). They want to follow the constitution and enforce its rules.
I did not expect them to be so organized as it shows with all different titles and ranks to be assigned.
Today, we would describe the clan as malicious, evil people. We picture them burning crosses and planning schemes to do harm to others who are black or support blacks.
and haha kayla nguyen...
the hierarchy names are pretty funny. actually, freaking awesome if you think about it.
... yeah, i was walking along today.. and ran into a couple of ghouls.. yanno? just the Grand Monk and Cyclops of the Den.. a couple of Goblins, too.. yeah. today was pretty normal...
shazam.
The Ku Klux Klan is typically known today for displaying prejudist against certain groups such as the Jews, African Americans, Catholics, etc. however this document does not support this stereotype. Furthermore, the document only mentions African Americans once under "Interrogations to be asked" as the 5th question. Other than that you wouldn't guess that the *** was racist.
The Klan's main ideals were innocent when you judge it from this document. This docuument makes the reader think that the *** was out for the greater good of the country in stating that they are there to "protect the weak" And in the Klan's mind they were defending the greater good. Also the Klan claimed that one of their goals was to protect the Constitution.
The first comment is completely irrelevent. The document we read only mentioned Forest once. And who on earth spends their time searching blogs for the mention of Nathan Bedford Forest? Psycho!
Oh yeah! What does the word "coterminous" mean?
The members of the Ku Klux Klan wrote the document to outline their views, goals, and requirements. The Klan's main founding principles were protecting the weak. defending the Constitution, and making sure Constitutional law (as they interpreted it, I'm assuming) was followed by people. What largely stands out to me about this document is the obvious discrepancy between what the group originally presented its intentions as and what they ended up doing. The information differs from my preconcieved notions in that it's much more [relatively] innocent than I would expect anything to do with the KKK to be.
And Kayla, I've also noticed the similarity between the KKK and the Death Eaters from the Harry Potter series. I'm fairly positive that it's a purposeful parallel (more alliteration!) by J. K. Rowling. I can't think of anything to really link this document to others I've read, unless the aforementioned Harry Potter books count.
LEWIS'S POST
This document was written by Nathan Bedford Forrest. He was listing the main principles and objectives for the Ku Klux Klan. There were three main objectives that stood out. They were to protect the innocent and the ones the ones that could not defend themselves. The second one was to protect the constitution and follow it better. The third one went with the second one in that they wanted to enforce the rules mainly of the constitition. They enforced what they thought was right. I agree with Chelsea that if I had no bias on the KKK i woulnd't think that the group is half bad. This is totally different from my opinion that I did have. I thought that they just hated african americans and wore white robes with a pointy hat and burned them at the stake, but other than that i think the group isn't half bad. At least from the rules that they had to follow in this document written by Nathan Bedford Forrest. Things probably changed a little down the road though.
The KKK basically wanted to rebel against Rebulicans and Reconstruction. They claim to protect the weak and innocent and be patriots. The titles given to people like Grand Dragon, Grand Monk, Grand Scribe, Grand Cyclops, Grand Titan, and Grand Giant stood out to me. Also the fact that they say the KKK is an institution of Humanity and Mercy is ironic and hypocritical. A preconceived notion that I had was that the purpose of the group was be racist and do racist stuff. Although they are racist and they do racist things that is not their entire focus. A main reason for the violence against blacks was to intimidate them not to vote or not to vote Republican, because that was more of their focus.
- josh hammond
hey its Jake
the Ku Klux Klan was partially started by Nathan Bedford Forrest, they built the klan under these ideals....
First to protect the weak, innocent, and defensless. which i think is completely ironic, since they were actually doing just the opposite.
Second was to protect and defent the Constitution of the United States.
Third was to aid and assist in the exicution of all laws and protect the people from unlawful seizure, which i think is also very ironic.
One new thing that i learned was that the Ku Klux Klan was based all on protecting people's rights, or at least they thought they were. I thought it was just about being against all other people not like them and just hurting everyone else.
ok prety much the klan goal is to protect america and its values from the evils of the world. they aim to protect the innocent ecpitialy the widows and children of confederate verterns. o when i say protect from the evils of the world i mean what they condider evil like change and posibly free black people? kind of wierd. who ever wrote this thing was a great writer cause they make the klan sound great. really. its all about protectiong america and such and upholding good values. they don't act acording to these things but o-well. on another note THE WHITE ALBUM by the beatles has very few redeaming qualitys really not that good of an album......nobody cares how awsome girls from moscow are......what happened john? ok the kkk not a good group of lads. a group of white supremicist with quite a few crazy cats leading the group. good writers....wnlike me
This article is about the organization and standards(rules, etc.) of the Ku Klux Klan. This is basically the beliefs of the Klan and like Rachel said, what they stood for. There are 3 basic things that the Klan stood for. First of all, they wanted to "defend what is right" and protect the people who needed it. Second, to follow the rules of the constitution. Third of all, that the rules are followed by others and make sure everything was upheld in a lawful fashion. I agree with a lot of what Alice said. It shocked me that they weren't just violent against blacks, that it was anybody going against the pride of the South. Also, the interview questions seemed very weird to me as well. All of these things I never knew about the KKK were very odd and I was left wondering after I read this document why we've never heard these things before...
-HANNAH
This document was written by Nathan Bedford Forrest and was written in order to show what the group thought was right. The point about protecting the weak stands out the most to me because the klan i think of picks on the black people who were very weak in the beginning. Another point that stands out is that the Klan doesn't seem to focus on racial inequality but more on different political parties. The point of view is that of a southerner who was seeminly brought up to be close-minded to new things or different ideas and Tina's posts always make me laugh...ninjas and pirates...if I read that in the document i think i would've cried.
Nathan Bedford wrote this document along with the other founding members of the Klu Klux Klan. This document is basically about the KKK's organization and principles that they lived by. The Klan's main principles were protecting the weak, defending the Constitution, and making sure that the law of the Constitution was obeyed. The writer of this document really makes that KKK sound like something good. The document sounds like these people are just standing up for a good cause in America. The KKK were amounting against the Republicans and Reconstruction becuase they felt misled. I had the initial impression because of what we hear about the KKK that the KKK were a bunch of rascists. Now they were rascist but they were made for other reasons other than hating blacks. The titles of the leaders were awesome.
mrs. stone my clock on the comp. says right now 11:58 . i guess my clock is not connected to the internet.
Nathan Bedford Forrest has pretty much changed my mind about the Klan for some of the part. I mean, the intentions of the Klan were to defend right from wrong and strictly follow what the constitution had to say. I just thought that the KKK was a racist group of white folks but still believe they are today. Somewhere down the line the got that terrible reputation so its hard for me to just ignore all of that just because of how it started. I accept that they had good intentions in the beginning but don't believe those same intentions are still around today.
Nathan Forrest founded the kkk to share his beliefs and opinions. He acknowledged the legitimacy of the Constitution and the federal government and his support of the nation. He said that the kkk was an instituion of chivalry, humanity, mercy and partiotism. The only truth in that statement was about them being patriotic. Even though they claimed to be fair and chivalrous, they intimidated the blacks using violence and death. Forrest's goal is to create a white supremacist government. Reading this article was amusing, confusing and also eye opening. I thought that the kkk just wanted to kill all black people and get rid of them. I didn't realize that they had a political agenda. And what is up with the names? all of them are riduculous.
brian jones
Hey Mrs. Stone this is Brian Thompson, sorry i'm late!!!!
This Document was written by Nathan Bedford Forrest who was the Klan's first Grand Wizard or leader. Upon reading this document I was surprised to find that the Klan was an actual planned out organization and not just whites who despised blacks holding meetings and such. I really just thought that members of the Klan went around beating up blacks, sometimes hanging people, and burning crosses. But I still find the organization a little rediculus, I mean who calls themselves a wierd name like the Ku Klux Klan and then assigns name such as the "Grand Wizard" or "Grand Dragon".
This document, by Nathan Bedford Forrest is pretty much the outline of the beliefs and practices of the Klu Klux Klan. The Klan's three basic princliples include protecting the weak, protecting and defending the constitution, aiding and assisting in the execution of all constitutional laws. I believe the Ku Klux Klan laid these out to cover up their true practices of persecution of the blacks and once this was realized their practices were outlawed.
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