On this day, a group of citizens in Kentucky filed a formal petition challenging the violent acts of the Ku Klux Klan. Amid growing Klan terror during Reconstruction, the petition reflected local resistance to white supremacist violence and contributed to federal efforts to suppress the Klan through legislation, such as the Ku Klux Klan Act passed later that year. This act of civic courage underscored the ongoing fight for justice and civil rights in the post-Civil War South.
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