Ku Klux Klan

The Ku Klux Klan was founded in 1866 right after the war. Of the racist groups in American, the KKK is one of the most prominent and terrible of them all. There are over a hundred chapters in the United States, with about 5,000 members total. The KKK is a supporter of white supremacy and segregation, and they use violent tactics to achieve their goals. The Ku Klux Klan is not just against blacks, but also gay marriage. Back in the 1880s though, no one could stop this awful group. Confederate Civil War veterans Captain John C. Lester, Major James R. Crowe, John D. Kennedy, Clavin Jones, Richard R. Reed, and Frank O. McCord founded the secret and first real terrorist group in America. They were against any blacks, black rights, and any whites who cared for blacks. They dressed up in big masked clothing, and held uprises. The KKK used violence and often did not care. They have been known to kill, knife, and even once have been noted to drag a black man from the back of a truck. The KKK was the first group to be marked as a terrorist group by Homeland Security, but none of the members have been arrested. The Ku Klux Klan have not accomplished much, they are a hated group that was dwindled down over the years. For years they have done many malicious acts, although no blacks are stopping there work because of the KKK.


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Information: http://archive.adl.org/learn/ext_us/kkk/default.asp?LEARN_Cat=Extremism&LEARN_SubCat=Extremism_in_America&xpicked=4&item=kkk and http://www.history.com/topics/ku-klux-klan

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