https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ku_Klux_Klan
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 ...
https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/kkk-series
The movie's broad release in March provoked riots and even bloodshed nationwide. Crowd of people at a Ku Klux Klan cross burning.
https://www.splcenter.org/resources/extremist-files/ku-klux-klan/
The Ku Klux Klan, with its long history of violence, is the oldest and most infamous of American hate groups.
https://www.ojp.gov/pdffiles1/Digitization/46433NCJRS.pdf
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 ...
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Nov 3, 2025 — Ku Klux Klan, either of two distinct U.S. hate organizations that employed terror in pursuit of their white supremacist agenda.
https://history.house.gov/Historical-Highlights/1851-1900/hh_1871_04_20_KKK_Act/
The Ku Klux Klan Act, which enforced the Fourteenth Amendment by guaranteeing all citizens of the United States the rights afforded by the Constitution.
https://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry?entry=KU001
Although the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) did not officially invade Oklahoma until 1920, the organization's reputation preceded it by fifty years.
https://www.carllevincenter.com/congress-investigates-kkk-violence-during-reconstruction/
Learn more about Congress' investigations into the violence and formation of the KKK across the south during Reconstruction following the end of slavery.
https://www.adl.org/resources/hate-symbol/ku-klux-klan-robes
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.
https://nmaahc.si.edu/object/nmaahc_2011.144.2.1ab
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 ...
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The KKK formed after the Civil War, recruiting Whites who were bitter over the war and opposed to federal interference in the South.
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/grant-kkk/
In outright defiance of the Republican-led federal government, Southern Democrats formed organizations that violently intimidated blacks and Republicans who ...
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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 ...
https://firstamendment.mtsu.edu/article/ku-klux-klan/
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.
https://www.thirteen.org/wnet/jimcrow/stories_org_kkk.html
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.
https://www.fjc.gov/history/spotlight-judicial-history/ku-klux-klan-trials-1871-1872
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 ...
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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 ...
https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/common/generic/EnforcementActs.htm
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 ...
https://constitutioncenter.org/the-constitution/historic-document-library/detail/ku-klux-klan-act-of-1871-april-20-1871-an-act-to-enforce-the-provisions-of-the-fourteenth-amendment-to-the-constitution-of-the-united-states-and-for-other-purposes
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”