... he Ku Klux Klan had disappeared again.The Klan as revived again after the ar in 1946 by an Atlanta physician, Samuel Green.Green died and the Klan split into many smaller groups. There are for example the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, The Ne Order Kings or the Invisible Empire.During the 1960s the Civil Rights movement began and a ne ave of violence by the Ku Klux Klan as brought about. Some splinter groups began to get guns and terrorized supporters of civil rights movements. At this time they had the highest murder rate they ever had.Because of ne civil rights las and special programs helping blacks, they got ne members.Ku Klux KlanSymbols First there is the Bible and it remembers the Klansman that there is a God and that they should follo him. The 12 chapters of the Rmerbrief are las for the Klansman.Then there is the sord hich stands for the courage the Klansman need in the fight against the tyrannies and that they maybe have to pay ith their lives.And the ater stands for the transparency of their ghost and for their lives.There is he Fiery Cross. It as used at first in the 1920s to fear the opponents of the Klan. It is a burning ooden cross hich stands near the house of their enemies. hile the cross burns the robe and hood earing members make a procedure around it.The Klan adopted the fiery cross from the traditions of old Scotland here the fiery cross as used as a symbol against tyranny and often the hills of Scotland ould be lit aglo ith the lighted cross -the symbol of freedom - freedom from sin - freedom from tyranny.I found an explanation, hy they light the crossThis symbol represents the ideals of Christian civilization. The cross is a symbol of sacrifice, service and a sign of the religion. It is a reminder that Christ is the criterion of character and his teachings should be their rule of life.By the fire they mean to cleanse and purify their virtues by burning out their vices from the fire of his ord.It doesnt represent a desecration of the cross, as it is believed from a fe people.A second symbol is the blood drop. It stands for the Klan since the 1920s. In the center of it you can see a red drop. It shos a blood drop, hich stand for the blood of Jesus he shed for the hite race.The cross displays the religious life of the Klan members and the circle is a symbol of the community of the Klansmen. And of course, there are the specific clothes they earThe robe is hite and goes from the shoulders to the knees and the hood is over the hole face. There are argumentations, that the robe is orn as a symbol of humility for the rituals like monks and the mask symbolize the anonymity and by that the selfless dedication to their God, their nation and so on. And of course they use them to fear the people and to be unknon hen they do something illegal.Arson AttacksI chose the articles about burned churches because its a typical method of action of the Klan.The last famous arson attack on a black church as in 1997, hen five teenagers lighted the St. Joe Baptist Church. The FBI said that some of the suspects had been preset at a hite Knight of Alabama rally.Another arson attack as in 1995, hen to men burned don the Macedonia Baptist Church In Bloomville by pouring gasoline and oil on the floor of the church.This attack as organized a fe eeks before, on a Klan rally.Of course there here other attacks on minority groups to, not only church-burning. In 2001 a Grand Dragon of a Klansgroup killed an unidentified man because he kne too much.In April 22, 1997 Fort orth, Texas Three members of the Ku Klux Klan planned to blo up a natural gas refinery. This members also planned to kill hundreds of people including children as a diversion from a simultaneous robbery. All of them declared to be guilty and they ill get up to 20 years in prison.ConclusionThese articles shoed that the Klan is active ... Download