Article: Ku Klux Klan recruitment fliers were distributed throughout towns in North Carolina, Illinois and Maine this week, triggering condemnation across three states from religious leaders, lawmakers and concerned residents alike. Pamphlets touting a KKK faction known as the Confederate White Knights were discovered Sunday morning throughout Gaston County, North Carolina, including outside homes in Cherryville and Dallas near Charlotte, the Gaston Gazette reported. Hundreds of miles away authorities, confiscated roughly 25 Ku Klux Klan leafless left that same day outside residences in Manteno, Illinois, south of Chicago, according to the local Daily Journal.
Connection: This article about the rise of the KKK in America connects to our current section on life in the U.S. during the 50's. Racism in the 50's included segregation and racism, which was carried out by organizations such as the KKK.
1) Why do you think that there is still racism in America today?
2) Why do you think that the KKK is on an uprise again?
3) What can we do to prevent this?