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- Ku Klux Klan - Wikipedia
It was founded in 1865 during Reconstruction in the devastated South Various historians have characterized the Klan as America's first terrorist group
- Is the KKK still an active organization? - factually. co
The Ku Klux Klan (KKK) persists in the United States today as a fragmented set of small groups rather than the centralized movement it once was: civil‑rights monitors estimate “just over thirty active Klan groups” and roughly 3,000 members nationwide (Anti‑Defamation League) [1]
- Ku Klux Klan: Origin, Members Facts | HISTORY
Founded in 1865, the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) extended into almost every southern state by 1870 and became a vehicle for white southern resistance to the Republican Party’s Reconstruction-era policies
- Ku Klux Klan | Definition History | Britannica
The 19th-century Klan was originally organized as a social club by Confederate veterans in Pulaski, Tennessee, in 1866 They apparently derived the name from the Greek word kyklos, from which comes the English “circle”; “Klan” was added for the sake of alliteration and Ku Klux Klan emerged
- KLAN Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of KLAN is ku klux klan; also : a subordinate unit of the Ku Klux Klan
- The History of the Ku Klux Klan: Its Origins and Impact
The Klan’s activities shaped key moments in history, from undermining Reconstruction to resisting Civil Rights advancements The group contributed to the creation and enforcement of Jim Crow laws, voter suppression, and segregation policies, hindering social and political progress for minorities
- KKK | Ku Klux Klan | The Free Speech Center
The first Klan was organized in May 1866 by a group of young Confederate veterans as a prankish social club Soon, however, it evolved into a secret organization seeking to enable southern whites to reassert their political and social supremacy against Radical Reconstruction
- The Rise (and Fall) of the First Ku Klux Klan | Gilder Lehrman . . .
In 1866, a group of defeated Confederate veterans created the Ku Klux Klan in Pulaski, Tennessee The group consisted of the local newspaper editor, Luther McCord, his brother Frank McCord, and four others
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