Essays on Klan

The Reconstruction after the end of the Civil War brought with it much turmoil for white natives who felt outraged by the changes in society supporting the abolition of slavery. Groups like the Ku Klux Klan whose religious beliefs are embedded in Christianity have disliked members of the African American race, as well as those of different ethnic and religious backgrounds. As immigrants continued to enter the United States and slavery became illegal, the nativists blamed these “alien”ideas and people as being a threat to the American way of life (“Klanwatch Project of SPLC”, 2016). The major social, ...

Introduction

The United States of America represents one of the most democratic nations in the world based on the history of the country. Americans have advocated for democracy through a number of movements that aimed at uniting or disintegrating Americans based on their agenda and goals. One of the issues that affected U.S. in the past and continues to portray its significance today is the discrimination against race, ethnicity, and color. White people felt as if they owned the country and looked for strategies to get rid of blacks through denying them some basic needs and using violence means to ...

The growth of LA as a religious hub in the US can be attributed to the high number of immigrants who chose to settle in the city. Almost all religions are represented in LA with minority communities playing a significant role in the establishment of distinct religious practices as well as institutions. The high number of churches established by different ethnic groups also explains the reason why LA is diverse regarding cultural divisions. Los Angeles is often described as a city with no ethnic majority because of the influence of various religious groups. Even the minority groups such as ...

Industrialization after the Civil War

Industrialization after the Civil War

Part 1

Industrialization after the Civil War had both positive and negative effects on the U.S society, economy, and politics. Like in other countries that had experienced it, industrialization improved transport through the introduction of the railroad. Goods and people could now move from one place to another faster. Business communication was enhanced by the invention of the telephone. Business deals could now be discussed and closed faster using the telephone. Laws that targeted African Americans unfairly were adopted and were collectively termed as Jim Crow laws. These laws sought to subject African Americans to treatment ...

The movie “Birth of a nation” (1915) is an American movie directed by D. W. Griffith and produced by Harry Aitken and D. W. Griffith. This movie has totally changed the cinematograph. It has been adapted from the famous novel “The Clansman”, and was released in 1925. The movie is about two families living in two periods of time - the American Civil War and Reconstruction. The impact of this movie is very difficult to overestimate on all subsequent movies, as almost every first American film unwittingly adopted technical and stylistic nuances of the "Birth of a Nation". The ...

Introduction

Radical extremism is a sought after media subject today. However, the real picture is always missing. The entire world focusses only one type of radical extremism. The world chooses to forget that there is yet another type which is far more dangerous. The callous campaign of the Crusaders in the Eleventh Century destroyed the peace in the Middle East and is responsible for all the animosity towards the West from this region. Yet, European scholars at the time did not document the massacres or acts of cannibalism by the Crusading armies. Similarly, while the Western media is busy covering ...

The general understanding of a radical is that they seek change in some form, be it good or bad. An extremist exists outside of society, standing on their own or with like-minded individuals that see themselves apart from whatever society they have chosen to depart. Radical extremists are typically those who believe that their way is that which must be followed. Anyone that dares to disagree with them tends to become an instant enemy, and a potential victim. Through threats and acts of violence radical extremists have caused the loss of freedoms and liberties that many citizens have taken ...

The Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee or the SNCC, as the name suggests, revolved around peaceful forms of resistance to the white supremacy ideologies that not only warranted the enslavement of blacks in the antebellum period but also cemented the grounds of segregation. In other words, because of the racial divisions that existed between persons of African descent and their white counterparts, American societies functioned around a social hierarchy that made whites the predominantly superior race at the expense of blacks. Now, to end the racial injustices in the Southern States, the first method that the SNCC employed encompassed the “ ...

Beyond doubt, D.W. Griffith is one of the stalwarts in the domain of cinema who has left an immortal mark in the minds of the film critics and the audience with his seminal works of art that have been deemed to be among the best the medium of art has ever seen. The primary importance of Griffith’s cinematic works lies in the use of innovative filmic techniques that went on to define the language of cinema in the future years. A close scrutiny of the films like The Birth of a Nation (1915) and Intolerance (1916) would enable ...

The Confederate Flag has long been a symbol of the American South. Many claim that the flag represents a racist culture, one that fought to keep blacks in slavery, and one that continues to try to limit equal rights for African-Americans. Others believe that the Confederate Flag is just a symbol of Southern history and pride. Recent events in the country have brought this controversy to the forefront of American consciousness once again. The racial connotations of the Confederate flag originate from its beginning. It was first developed as the battle flag for Robert E. Lee, who commanded the ...

Many questions are yet to be answered regarding civil rights casualties. Many black people in America were killed, and their murders were not solved. In the 1950s and 60s, quite a significant number of black people that involved themselves with the Civil Rights Movement were killed, and their stories made headlines across the nation. Many family members of the victims killed during the civil rights movement are still waiting for justice and proper measures to be taken on those who participated in the murder of their loved ones. The murder of three civil rights workers by Ku Klux Klansmen ...