The outbreak of violence in Memphis in 1866 and the creation of the KKK were both designed to

Both the Memphis violence of 1866 and the creation of the Ku Klux Klan used intimidation and violence to resist African Americans’ freedom and political participation after the Civil War. Their shared purpose was to intimidate African Americans and their supporters, not to support Reconstruction or protect Black rights.

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