racism has always been a divisive issue faced by communities on a

political level. Our country was built from the immigration of people

from an international array of backgrounds. However, multitudes of

white supremacists blame their personal as well as economic

misfortunes on an abundance of ethnic groups. African-Americans, Jews

and Catholics are only some of the of groups tormented by these white

supremacists. As the amount of ethnic diversity gradually increased in

the political systems of Louisiana and the United States,

organizations rapidly formed to challenge the new ethnic variation in

government. The Ku Klux Klan is one of these groups that were formed

by people who were angered by the increase of diversity in political

office and in the workplace. Local and state officials that were

members of the Klan aided in providing influence, money, and

information to the racist organization. As the civil rights movement

became accepted, it seemed as if the power of racist organizations

deteriorated. However, with the Klan demanding freedom of speech, with

political figures related to the Ku Klux Klan still bringing prejudice

national problem of racism and one "the entire nation has to deal

another Klan member in a trailer. When a local newspaper asked Welch's

The Klan was popularized through literature and film in the

outlay on aid to families with dependent children amounted to less

"The Invisible Empire excluded from membership, and

weeks before the fires. Welch was arrested with his Ku Klux Klan

characters like David Duke. "The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson recently

that the Klan's two million adherents exercised great political power,

themselves and even when the law officers were legitimate, Klan

was hardly original, he managed to rally an entire campaign around the

sentenced to 51 months in a federal prison for ordering Tackett to

conducting; even larger than that of the TWA Flight 800 investigation.

has been "convicted of inciting to riot.." ("Lousisiana's... 27). His

to tolerate bigotry from a political figure. A native of Louisiana,

Despite the fact that Klansmen looked upon the

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