h by Nathan Bedford Forrest. The Klan was most popularly known for their lynchings. Black men were lynched for doing the slightest thing wrong as looking at a white woman. The Klan’s main objective was to strike fear into the Blacks to prevent them from desegregating the nation and retaining their equal rights as American citizens. One reason for the Klan’s success was their extensive members. They had members in the police and other powerful positions, which made it very difficult for blacks to find justice. Another group against civil rights was the White Citizens’ Councils which objective was to prevent integration into schools and other prevent other civil rights measures. In 1956 the White Citizens’ Councils had 500,000 southerners sign up denouncing the Brown decision. Some whites would take measures so far into their own hands that reached levels as low as the Ku Klux Klan of the 1920’s. These groups did everything in their power to prevent the civil rights movement, but in the end they failed to accomplish their objectives.There were many people and organizations involved in the Civil Rights movement throughout the 1950’s and 1960’s. It was the actions of these people that would gain national attention and gain the attention of politicians to take some action. From the Supreme court case of Brown vs. The board of education and the Civil Rights Act the future for blacks in America was starting to look bright. ...
