In Mississippi , North Carolina , South Carolina , and Louisiana , the Red Shirts and White League operated openly and were better organized than the Ku Klux Klan .
With the destruction of the Klan in 1872 , new secret paramilitary organizations arose in the Deep South .
In Mississippi , North Carolina , South Carolina , and Louisiana , the Red Shirts and White League operated openly and were better organized than the Klan     .
With the destruction of the Klan in 1872 , new secret paramilitary organizations arose in the Deep South .