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Charles Rangel

The Klan had used fear, intimidation and murder to brutally oppress over African-Americans who sought justice and equality and it sought to respond to the young workers of the civil rights movement in Mississippi in the same way.

Charles Rangel

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The Ku Klux Klan violently targeted African-Americans who wanted fair treatment and equal rights, using terror and killing to keep them down. When young civil rights activists in Mississippi stood up for change, the Klan tried to stop them with the same cruel tactics.

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