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…of white supremacy and capitalist patriarchy. In addition to spectatorship, this article critiques Hollywood’s portrayal of black women and criticizes the lack of more substantial role opportunities. It acknowledges the importance of mass media as a powerful…

…accustomed to before the war. By 1867 there were enough separate Klans that a centralized chain of command needed to be formed, Nathan Bedford Forrest became the Klan’s first Imperial Wizard. It was at this time that white supremacy became the Klan’s ideal…

…worlds. His insight, which at the beginning of the 20th century addressed black experience in a society of all-encompassing white supremacy, continues to apply, but the situation he analyzed has now become considerably more complicated. Today the racial…

…Why (killings) - The most considerable reason why the three men were killed, was hatred. KKK hated the blacks and wanted white supremacy in the USA. They think black and white people should not be considered as equal. The civil rights activists were going…

…repeatedly while they would chant phrases exhulting white supremacy. After viciously whipping their victim they would hang them and leave them for others to see. They wanted to put fear into the hearts of their enemies. Between 1918 and 1927, there were…

…fighting the war and felt they would be until their death. Forrest was the Klan's first "Imperial Wizard", and the Klan quickly spread to other southern states. At the time there were other white supremacy organizations such as the White Brotherhood, the Men…

…. Also blacks could not file lawsuits so they had little to no rights in the legal system. Another big part of white supremacy was that African-Americans could not own or purchase or posses firearms which put a damper in ever pulling off a truly successful…

…. The different branches of the KKK, all held a common goal: to maintain the supremacy of the white race over Black Americans. White supremacy was an ideology which held that the white race was superior to all other races. It was for this reason that only WASP's White…

…supremacy when she refused to give her seat up for a white person. She just remained seated and was taken to jail. There was no violence involved, although there were many threats. African Americans joined together and showed their opposition to inequality…

…of view. "I believe in white supremacy until the blacks are educated to a point of responsibility." - John Wayne For many years slavery was a huge part of America's productivity and one of the main staples in having such a quickly developing economy. While…