Violence Between Blacks And Whites

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the battlefield, the war at home witihin society still raged.
"Black Codes" replaced "Slave Codes". Blacks could not vote, hold office or speak to a White person. Riots in Memphis, Tennessee and New Orleans became "victories for white people" in the spring of 1866. A local newspaper even said, "Thank heaven the White race are once more rulers of Memphis."
In 1867 white fears became realized as blacks became enfranchised for the upcoming political convention. Supremeacy groups such as the Ku Klux Klan used violence to intimidate and influence potential voters from exercising their new right. Even Southern white sympathizers "had to be driven off, intimidated or slain".
Lynching now became the primaary techinique used by white supemacy groups to maintain power over blacks. Often there was no need to justify these actions. Typically the second pillar of sexuality became the excuse for the lynching. "In the South, virtually every racist action could be justified in the long ...

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