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The Ku Klux Klan also commonly shortened to the Klan, is an American Protestant-led white supremacist, far-right hate group. It was founded in 1865 during ...
The movie's broad release in March provoked riots and even bloodshed nationwide. Crowd of people at a Ku Klux Klan cross burning.
The Ku Klux Klan, with its long history of violence, is the oldest and most infamous of American hate groups.
Shelton had been the Grand Dragon of Alabama for the u.S. Klans, but in 1958 he and Edwards had a disagreement. Shelton was tossed out of the u.S. Klans and ...
Nov 3, 2025 — Ku Klux Klan, either of two distinct U.S. hate organizations that employed terror in pursuit of their white supremacist agenda.
The Ku Klux Klan Act, which enforced the Fourteenth Amendment by guaranteeing all citizens of the United States the rights afforded by the Constitution.
Although the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) did not officially invade Oklahoma until 1920, the organization's reputation preceded it by fifty years.
Learn more about Congress' investigations into the violence and formation of the KKK across the south during Reconstruction following the end of slavery.
The hood and robes of Ku Klux Klan members are the most visible Klan symbol of all. Read about the history and current meanings behind the Klan's robes.
A Ku Klux Klan (KKK) robe (a) with belt (b), associated with 2011.144.2.2ab, a hood and mask with a liner, worn by the Night Hawk rank officers whose main role ...
The KKK formed after the Civil War, recruiting Whites who were bitter over the war and opposed to federal interference in the South.
In outright defiance of the Republican-led federal government, Southern Democrats formed organizations that violently intimidated blacks and Republicans who ...
The Ku Klux Klan (KKK) emerged in the aftermath of the American Civil War, specifically in 1866 in Pulaski, Tennessee, as a reaction to the Reconstruction ...
Aug 10, 2023 — The KKK was founded as fraternal organization after the Civil War and quickly sought to perpetuate white supremacy through violence and terror.
The Ku Klux Klan was formed as a social club by a group of Confederate Army veterans in Pulaski, Tennessee in the winter of 1865-66.
In 1871, the Ku Klux Klan in South Carolina embarked on one of the worst campaigns of domestic terrorism in American history. The group employed vicious ...
Learn and revise about race and religion in America for WJEC USA: A Nation of Contrasts with BBC Bitesize.
Between 1877 and 1910 the KKK fueled Democrats' push to establish one-party rule and Jim Crow. A coalition of Democrats, Klansmen, Red Shirts, Rifle Clubs, and ...
Congress passed a series of Enforcement Acts in 1870 and 1871 (also known as the Force Acts) to end such violence and empower the president to use military ...
The KKK Act –officially known as an “Act to enforce the Provisions of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, and for other Purposes”