A Group of Kentucky Blacks Provided What Description of the KKK

question 5

Multiple Choice

A group of Kentucky blacks provided what description of the KKK in an 1871 letter to Congress?

• A) The KKK members forced blacks to use separate accommodations from whites.
• B) The KKK dragged black men to testify positively on behalf of whites.
• C) The KKK rode through towns at night, robbing, whipping, ravishing and killing blacks.
• D) The KKK had especially targeted black farmers and land-owners.
• E) None of these choices are correct.

---

Definitions:

Actual Malice

In defamation, either a person’s knowledge that his or her statement or published material is false or the person’s reckless disregard for whether it was false.

Defamation

Defamation is the act of making false statements about another person that cause harm to their reputation.

Actual Malice

A standard of proof in defamation law that requires the plaintiff to show that the defendant knowingly published false information or did so with reckless disregard for the truth.

Defamation

A false communication expressed through speech, writing, or any other form that injures a person’s reputation.