In the southern states of the USA, the era known as the "Reconstruction" period created a tension , a fear and total hate for the black race among many white people. This event was the result of the primitive version of constitutional equality of the African-American race at the end of the Civil War. It was in this state of confusion and transition that the terrorist organization, the Ku Klux Klan was born. Before the end of the civil war, May 26th 1865, black men, women and children were used as slaves, and considered objects of exchange an ....