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| {{Infobox political party|name=Ku Klux Klan|founded=December 24, 1865|political_orientation=[[Anti-communism]]<br>[[Anti-Semitism]]<br>[[Neo-Nazism]]<br>[[White supremacy]]}} | | {{Infobox political party|name=Ku Klux Klan|founded=December 24, 1865|political_line=[[Anti-communism]]<br>[[Anti-Semitism]]<br>[[Neo-Nazism]]<br>[[White supremacy]]}} |
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| The '''Ku Klux Klan''' ('''KKK''') is a [[Far-right politics|far-right]] white supremacist organization in the [[United States of America|United States]]. | | The '''Ku Klux Klan''' ('''KKK''') is a [[Far-right politics|far-right]] white supremacist organization in the [[United States of America|United States]]. |
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| == History == | | == History == |
| | | Former [[Confederate States of America (1861-1865)|Confederate]] general [[Nathan Bedford Forrest]] founded the Ku Klux Klan in 1865 to oppose voting rights for Black people in the aftermath of the [[United States Civil War|Civil War]]. The KKK was at its peak around the [[First World War]] and included many U.S. government officials. During the civil rights movement of the 1960s, the KKK murdered Black people protesting for civil rights and equality.<ref>{{Web citation|author=Gerald Horne|newspaper=[[Monthly Review]]|title=A Brief History of the KKK w/Gerald Horne, via The Real News Network|url=https://monthlyreview.org/press/a-brief-history-of-the-kkk-wgerald-horne-via-the-real-news-network/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170820043218/https://monthlyreview.org/press/a-brief-history-of-the-kkk-wgerald-horne-via-the-real-news-network/|archive-date=2017-08-20|retrieved=2022-08-20}}</ref> |
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| Former [[Confederate States of America (1861-1865)|Confederate]] general [[Nathan Bedford Forrest]] founded the Ku Klux Klan in 1865 to oppose voting rights for Black people in the aftermath of the [[United States Civil War|Civil War]].<ref name=":0">{{Web citation|author=Gerald Horne|newspaper=[[Monthly Review]]|title=A Brief History of the KKK w/Gerald Horne, via The Real News Network|url=https://monthlyreview.org/press/a-brief-history-of-the-kkk-wgerald-horne-via-the-real-news-network/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170820043218/https://monthlyreview.org/press/a-brief-history-of-the-kkk-wgerald-horne-via-the-real-news-network/|archive-date=2017-08-20|retrieved=2022-08-20}}</ref> In 1871, President [[Ulysses S. Grant|Grant]] declared martial law in nine counties of [[South Carolina]] and arrested 500–600 people in order to defeat the KKK.<ref name=":023">{{Citation|author=Albert Szymanski|year=1984|title=Human Rights in the Soviet Union|chapter=The Land of the Free|page=161–|pdf=https://cloudflare-ipfs.com/ipfs/bafykbzaceazdmtb2y3qq27fve5ib3gk7uv2unt6ae2xss74xmfpur7k5uhl5m?filename=Albert%20Szymanski%20-%20Human%20Rights%20in%20the%20Soviet%20Union_%20Including%20Comparisons%20with%20the%20U.S.A.-Zed%20Books%20Ltd.%20%281984%29.pdf|city=London|publisher=Zed Books Ltd|isbn=0862320186|lg=https://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=C597B1232D9EA6B0F3DCB438D7E15A81}}</ref> | |
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| === Second Klan ===
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| The KKK reached its peak around the [[First World War]] and included many U.S. government officials,<ref name=":0" /> with 4.5 million members in 1924. Along with the [[American Legion]], it attacked [[Judaism|Jews]], [[Catholicism|Catholics]], [[Left-wing politics|leftists]], and [[Trade union|union]] members. It temporarily controlled politics in [[State of Indiana|Indiana]], [[Ohio]], and [[Oregon]].<ref name=":0233">{{Citation|author=Albert Szymanski|year=1984|title=Human Rights in the Soviet Union|chapter=The Land of the Free|page=172|pdf=https://cloudflare-ipfs.com/ipfs/bafykbzaceazdmtb2y3qq27fve5ib3gk7uv2unt6ae2xss74xmfpur7k5uhl5m?filename=Albert%20Szymanski%20-%20Human%20Rights%20in%20the%20Soviet%20Union_%20Including%20Comparisons%20with%20the%20U.S.A.-Zed%20Books%20Ltd.%20%281984%29.pdf|city=London|publisher=Zed Books Ltd|isbn=0862320186|lg=https://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=C597B1232D9EA6B0F3DCB438D7E15A81}}</ref>
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| === Third Klan ===
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| During the civil rights movement of the 1960s, the KKK murdered Black people protesting for civil rights and equality.<ref name=":0" />
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| == References == | | == References == |
| [[Category:Racism]] | | [[Category:Racism]] |
| [[Category:Far-right groups in the United States]] | | [[Category:Far-right groups in the United States]] |
