Question

Read the passage below and answer the question.

If a white girl reported that a colored man had made improper advances to her-even if the charge were unsupported and based on nothing more than a neurotic imagination—a white-sheeted band might spirit the Orange off to the woods and "teach him a lesson" with tar and feathers or with the whip.

In the above excerpt from Only Yesterday, An Informal History of the 1920’s, Chapter 3 “The Big Red Scare,” which of the following does the phrase “a white-sheeted band” refer to?

the K.K.K.
the police
the White Citizens Council
boycotters

Answer 1

@Elsa213

Answer 2

@JustSaiyan