Lester, Captain John B. Kennedy, Frank O. McCord, Calvin E. Jones, Richard R. Reed, and James R. Crowe. These men were mostly all political office holders. During the first few years, the Klan had no intentions on harming any African Americans. The Jolly Six would take turns to ride around cities, dressed in all white like ghosts. Their horses would have something painted on them, including phrases like, “Join the KKK, and fight for race and nation!” Their main goal was to scare newly freed slaves back into captivity. The “Jolly Six” would eventually create a profusion of fear, but it wasn't until they started recruiting new members that the chaos and murderings …show more content…
The idea of the crimes they committed all came from the Kloran, their official rulebook full of rituals and rules or KlanKraft, which was created around this time in 1916. In a book written by The Southern Poverty Law Center noted, “The ugly side of the Ku Klux Klan, the mutilations and floggings, lynchings and shootings, began to spread across the South in 1868, and words of caution that may have been expressed … were submerged beneath a stream of bloody deeds.” (Bond). People around the areas that consisted of heavy Ku Klux members were afraid to ask questions. These people were either too afraid to come out and express their feelings, or they were complying to the violence that the Klan committed. When the members of the Ku Klux Klan treated African Americans and others with such disrespect, other nonmembers would look upon the Klan and think of these actions as fair ways to treat a human being. The Klan and their followers still use these disrespectful tactics in todays