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Ku Klux Klan Act  

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  • The Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871 (also known as the Civil Rights Act) was one of three laws passed as part of the U.S. government's attempts to “reconstruct” the Southern states following the Civil War. The act itself, as indicated by the name, was directed at the Ku Klux Klan. [Source: Encyclopedia of Race and Crime; Ku Klux Klan Act]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-VKCL6G24-T

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