Chapter 7 : Defying the Ku Klux Klan summary and outline

In my second i am talking about the emergenge of the Ku Klux Klan why they have hatrid towards religion and race. Also i will discuss about how many newspapers will get their message out nationwide in an effort to stop their actions and behavior. The reason why I chose this chapter is because of the historic backround about this topic and how much i learned about the chapter that i did not know.  This chapter covers a lot on the history of the Ku Klux Klan and areas of history that i found interesting.

The original Ku Klux Klan members were former Confederate veterans. They did not want the former slaves to start their rights. But it was not just blacks that the klan disliked. They also disliked all catholics and Jews. From a racial and a religious stand point they hated all. The klan were violent people and destructive. They lynched African Americans and they burned down crosses from catholic churches. Some how people wanted to get the message out there to let people know about their violent behavior. The  three newspapers that critizied the klan were the Commercial Appeal, New York World and the Montgomery Advertiser. These three newspapers critizied the klan by saying how they were a finacial scam. They all won the Pulitzer Prize for their work on the klan which is an "American journalism's highest honor." according to Mightier than the sword. The illustrations in the Commercial Appeal showed how the klan disliked everybody. Even the veterans from World War 1. Because they had catholic beliefs the klan disliked them all.

New York World: "Ku Klux Klan Exposed!"

The New York World was another newspaper that won a Pulizer Prize in the 1920s. The newspaper took the same action as the Commercial Appeal. According to Mightier than the sword, the newspaper's opening article, "characterized the klan's growth as a financial scam that had bilked members out of $40 million in initiation fees and charges for klan regalia. Also the World was as commited to destorying the klan as i was to building its own circulation.

The Commercial Appeal

This Memphis newspaper won one of three newspapers that won a Pulizer prize in the 1920s. According to Mightier than the sword by Roger Streitmatter, The Commercial Appeal "critizied the klan by characterizing it as a profit-making scam."  The newspaper also spoke about how the klan disliked all African Americans, Catholics, and Jewish people. In the newspapers there were cartoons illustrating the klan and how cruel they were to people. In the book Mightier than the sword it shows us editorial cartoons by J.C Alley. One of the cartoons illustrates how the klan is 100% American and their hate towards Catholics. In the cartoon there is a disabled World War 1 veteran. Than klan even hated them because of their religion.

Ku Klux Klan - A Secret History Pt. 3

Ku Klux Klan

The confederate veterans put together the original KKK back in 1866. According to Mightier than the sword by Rodger Streitmatter, they wanted to prevent former slaves from exercising their recently acquired rights. They did not just plan to stop former slaves from their rights, but also religious beliefs. They did not like catholics as well. Not even war hero veterans from World War 1. The klan were 100% American nothing else. Many newspapers spoke against their actions and behavior. The Commercial Appeal in Memphis had cartoons in their newspapers to report in a way to defy the klan in that area.

2nd Blog Introduction

In my second blog I will focus on chapter 7 of Mightier Than The Sword by Roger Streitmatter called "Defying the Ku Klux Klan"  The chapter is focusing on how the KKK emerging around the nation and how they tried to get people to get down with them through articles and messages. Some newspapers wanted the people to know about the klan and wrote articles against them and the violence that they caused. These newspapers were againts everything the klan said or did.

Abraham Lincoln speech against slavery

Introduction

Hello im Steven Moore and this is my blog for my Journalism & Democracy Fall 2010 class.

I will be discussing how journalism plays a big role in the American History and how it affect our history as well. I will also discuss how a free press should and will play a role in American History. Many reporters lives were at stake or loss their lives because they were trying to preform a free press. During the next several weeks i will discuss topics about the past and the present.

The Liberator: William Lloyd Garrison

The Liberator was a newspaper that Garrison edited for 35 years. Garrison seen how harsh slaves were treated and wanted to write about it. He experienced how they got treated by their owners. Garrison took Elijiah P. Lovejoy's murder and used it of "a representative of Justice, Liberty and Christianity." to condemn the U.S. as a nation "diseased beyond the power of recovery,"  swearing Lovejoy's murder served both his crusade against slavery and his defense of a free press according to Mightier Than The Sword. Garrison's writings were viewed worldwide because of him speaking out about the treatment of slaves. Of course this caught the eyes of  slave owners and others who was for slavery. Garrison's writings were also criticized by many. In 1835 a group of 100 men formed outside off a hall where Garrison was. When the mob found him they grabbed him and were preparing to lynch Garrison for what he said in the paper. He was also criticized because he was trying to express a free press. The mob was close to throwing Garrison out the window until he was saved by a group of supporters that rescued him from the angry mob.

Elijah P. Lovejoy

Lovejoy eatablished a Presbyterian newspaper in 1834. He talked about how slavery was a sin. After he said that his words got him in big trouble. With his life and his families safety at stake Lovejoy moved him and his family to Illinois which was a free state.When he moved slavery avocated pushed his printing press into the river. Lovejoy brought his second press. In his first issue of the Alton Observer he stated that " American negro Slavery is an awful evil and sin, and it is the duty of us all to effect the speedy and entire emancipation of our fellow- men in bonage". On the night of November 7, 1837 an angry mob of 200 men surrounded the warehouse that Lovejoy was in and they demanded him to abandon the building. Lovejoy refused to come out and a big riot broke out in front of the warehouse he was in. The angry mob set the roof of the building on fire after he refused to leave. Lovejoy ran out the blazing warehouse and he was shot dead by the angry mob. Lovejoy's death transformed the Abolition Movement. His death was because he was defending the freedom of press.