U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant suspends habeas corpus to combat the Ku Klux Klan - October 17th, 1871 - a podcast by iHeartRadio & HowStuffWorks

On this day in 1871, President Grant declared martial law and suspended the writ of habeas corpus in nine South Carolina counties where KKK activity was rampant.

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