(KKK) – The Ku Klux Klan is a white supremacist terrorist organization. The first iteration of the Klan was founded after the Civil War with the goal of maintaining white supremacy after slavery. The original Klan functioned as a vigilante group, terrorizing Black freed people. After the original iteration of the KKK faded away in the late 19th century, it was revived in 1915. The KKK carried out violent hate crimes against Black people during the civil rights movement. Many of the white people in Anne’s life are affiliated with the KKK, including Mrs. Burke and her “guild.”
Ku Klux Klan Quotes in Coming of Age in Mississippi
The Coming of Age in Mississippi quotes below are all either spoken by Ku Klux Klan or refer to Ku Klux Klan. For each quote, you can also see the other terms and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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I couldn’t believe it, but it was a Klan blacklist, with my picture on it. I guess I must have sat there for about an hour holding it.
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Ku Klux Klan Term Timeline in Coming of Age in Mississippi
The timeline below shows where the term Ku Klux Klan appears in Coming of Age in Mississippi. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
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...cotton. After the rape, white men start to openly assault Black women more often. The Ku Klux Klan continues to threaten the CORE office and Anne fears that the threats will become a...
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Anne visits Jackson, where a friend shows her a Ku Klux Klan leaflet, which features Anne’s photo on a blacklist. Her photo sits alongside those of other...
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