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The Ku Klux Klan ( / ˌkuː klʌks ˈklæn, ˌkjuː -/ ), [e] commonly shortened to the KKK or the Klan, is the name of several historical and current American white supremacist, far-right terrorist organizations and hate groups. Various commentators, including Fergus Bordewich, have characterized the Klan as America's first terrorist group.
Knights of the Ku Klux Klan of Kanada - A Canadian Ku Klux Klan organization that was based in Toronto. [36] Ku Klux Klan – Distrikt Nordrhein-Westfalen - A German Ku Klux Klan group operating in North Rhine-Westphalia. [37] Ku Klux Klan of Kanada - One of the most prominent KKK groups in Canada during the mid-1920s.
The First Klan is a neologism or a retronym which is used to describe the first of three distinct operational eras in the history of the Ku Klux Klan, a white supremacist domestic terrorist group in the United States. The First Klan, or the Reconstruction Klan, was followed by the Second Klan, which reached its peak in the 1920s, and finally ...
The United Klans of America Inc. ( UKA ), based in Alabama, is a Ku Klux Klan organization active in the United States. Led by Robert Shelton, the UKA peaked in membership in the late 1960s and 1970s, [ 1] and it was the most violent Klan organization of its time. [ 2] Its headquarters was the Anglo-Saxon Club outside Tuscaloosa, Alabama. [ 3]
Some 42 different Klan groups were active in 22 states as of June 2017, a slight increase from early 2016, according to a report from the ADL.
The Enforcement Act of 1871 (17 Stat. 13 ), also known as the Ku Klux Klan Act, Third Enforcement Act, [ 1] Third Ku Klux Klan Act, [ 2] Civil Rights Act of 1871, or Force Act of 1871, [ 3] is an Act of the United States Congress that was intended to combat the paramilitary vigilantism of the Ku Klux Klan. The act made certain acts committed by ...
The event also included the initiation of four new Klan members and a large parade.In 1925 the Ku Klux Klan met again at the Atlanta Fairgrounds with French’s Military Band of Lincoln providing ...
Ku Klux Klan honor society, also known as Ku Klux and later, Tu–Mas, was an American interfraternity honor society formed at the University of Illinois in 1906. After its name change the group grew to thirteen chapters. It went defunct in 1939. It was not affiliated with the national Ku Klux Klan organization but its original name reflected ...