Task: Text Simplification
Input (English): The local Ku Klux Klan , insurgent Confederate Army veterans , directed their violence at eradicating the Republican Party in the county , assassinating more than 150 Republican Party officials and other prominent African Americans as part of a successful campaign to retain white Democratic power in the county .
Output (English): Ku Klux Klan members , including Confederate Army veterans , assassinated over 150 Republican Party officials and important African-Americans as part of a successful campaign to retain conservative white Democratic power .