Practice+Posting

=Week 2 Practice Posting = =The Ku Klux Klan (KKK) = = = ﻿The first branch of the Ku Klux Klan was established in Pulaski, Tennessee, May, 1866. In response to the radical members of congress who attempted to destroy the white power structure of the rebel states. The Freeman's Bureau was established on the 3rd March, 1865. The bureau was designed to protect the interest of former slaves. This included helping them find new employment and to improve educational and health facilities.

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**Source 1: KKK Warning, taken from Spartacus Schoolnet on 26/7/11**



**Source 2: Newspaper Article from the Washington Post**

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 * Source 3: 'KKK: Then and Now', National Geographic, accessed 26/7/11 **

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