Racial Sergregation in the United States
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Racial discrimination, segregation and racism was common during the 19th-20th centuries in the US. Among the many forms of racism in the United States in the given time period, one example was the Klu Klux Klan, which still exists today. The KKK was founded by six Confederate Army veterans in 1865, and is considered a hate group, for its segregationist beliefs and violent actions against black Americans. The Klan eventually developed a distinct costume, comprising of a white robe and a conical hat, along with distinctive practices, such as cross burnings. The Third Klu Klux Klan became infamous, as they opposed the Civil Rights Movement and desegregation primarily in the 1950s-1960s.
In addition, Jim Crow laws made life harder for black citizens, because they were enforced strongly, especially in the South.The Jim Crow laws were racially discriminatory and segregational laws enacted between 1876 and 1965 in the United States at both the state and local level. Various citizens attempted many times to end these laws, but to no abide.