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Klan and the Knights of the White Camellia. These groups terrorized newly freed blacks, as well as sympathetic whites, to prevent them from voting. The governments of Southern states and municipalities, often dominated by former Confederates, passed “black codes”—laws that restricted the rights of blacks in the South. However, the federal government intervened,

Ku Klux Klan members burn a cross at a rally in Tennessee, 1948. Groups like the KKK formed after the Civil War to intimidate freedmen and prevent them from exercising their right to vote and participate in government.

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Contemporary Issues: Race Relations

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