White League

• KKK Act - gave President Grant the legal and military power to crush the Klan and it ended most of the Klan violence. Hundreds of suspected Klansmen were imprisoned. Ex-Confederate soldiers continued to use violence and intimidation against Republican, other white supremacist groups sprang up. Amongst them were the White Leagues.
• White League - 1st White League was set up in Louisiana after a disputed election which led to the establishment of a black militia that held the town of Colfax for a period of two weeks.
• Over 100 black Americans were killed in the Colfax Massacre. In 1874, the White League assassinated several Republican officials in Louisiana, and White Leagues were soon established in other Southern states. They gave each other alibis - frequently represented on juries.