America’s Recap: How Far Have Minorities Truly Come Pt.2

The notorious white supremacist hate group, the Ku Klux Klan was founded back in 1865 operating through pure terrorism, has had the opportunity to dissolve and resurrect three times with thousands of active members still today. FBI director J. Edgar Hoover, the same director that took down the Black Panther Party, had to be told by President Lyndon Johnson to go after the Klan. The same president also launched a “War on Poverty” just 50 years ago in 1970, opening up opportunities for African Americans in schooling, housing, and the labour force. This led to affirmative action programs being developed and implemented to remedy the long term effects of such systematic discriminative prejudices. ​

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