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Ku Klux Klan

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Ku Klux Klan

FoundedDecember 24, 1865
Political orientationAnti-communism
Anti-Semitism
Neo-Nazism
White supremacy


The Ku Klux Klan (KKK) is a far-right white supremacist organization in the United States.

History[edit | edit source]

Reconstruction[edit | edit source]

Former Confederate general Nathan Bedford Forrest founded the Ku Klux Klan in 1865 to oppose voting rights for Black people in the aftermath of the Civil War.[1] In 1871, President Grant declared martial law in nine counties of South Carolina and arrested 500–600 people in order to defeat the KKK.[2]

Second Klan[edit | edit source]

The KKK reached its peak around the First World War and included many U.S. government officials,[1] with 4.5 million members in 1924. Along with the American Legion, it attacked Jews, Catholics, leftists, and union members. It temporarily controlled politics in Indiana, Ohio, and Oregon.[3]

Third Klan[edit | edit source]

During the civil rights movement of the 1960s, the KKK murdered Black people protesting for civil rights and equality.[1]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Gerald Horne. "A Brief History of the KKK w/Gerald Horne, via The Real News Network" Monthly Review. Archived from the original on 2017-08-20. Retrieved 2022-08-20.
  2. Albert Szymanski (1984). Human Rights in the Soviet Union: 'The Land of the Free' (pp. 161–). [PDF] London: Zed Books Ltd. ISBN 0862320186 [LG]
  3. Albert Szymanski (1984). Human Rights in the Soviet Union: 'The Land of the Free' (p. 172). [PDF] London: Zed Books Ltd. ISBN 0862320186 [LG]