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The First Klan, or the Reconstruction Klan, was followed by the Second Klan, which reached its peak in the 1920s, and the Third Klan, which has been extant since the 1960s. According to historian Carl N. Degler, "Aside from the name, about the only common trait that the three Klans possess is vigilantism." [1]
Depiction of Ku Klux Klan in North Carolina in 1870, based on a photograph taken under the supervision of a federal officer who seized Klan costumes. The first Klan was founded in Pulaski, Tennessee, on December 24, 1865, [29] by six former officers of the Confederate Army: [30] Frank McCord, Richard Reed, John Lester, John Kennedy, J. Calvin ...
Cross of Fire is a 1989 American television miniseries based on the rape and murder of Madge Oberholtzer by D. C. Stephenson, a highly successful leader of the Indiana branch of Ku Klux Klan. It stars John Heard as Stephenson and Mel Harris as Oberholtzer. Lloyd Bridges is also in the cast. It was originally shown in two parts (2 hours each night).
The Enforcement Act of 1870, also known as the Civil Rights Act of 1870 or First Ku Klux Klan Act, or Force Act (41st Congress, Sess. 2, ch. 114, 16 Stat. 140, enacted May 31, 1870, effective 1871), is a United States federal law that empowers the President to enforce the first section of the Fifteenth Amendment throughout the United States.
October 23, 1979 () [1] Undercover with the KKK is a 1979 NBC TV movie based on the autobiography My Undercover Years with the Ku Klux Klan by Gary Thomas Rowe Jr. and starring Don Meredith as Rowe.
Frank Eugene Farnsworth (1868–1926) was an American political organizer who was best known for being King Kleagle of the Ku Klux Klan in Maine. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Based in Portland, Maine , Farnsworth recruited thousands of men and women to the Ku Klux Klan during the group's peak from 1923 to 1924.
The Best of Enemies (2019 film) Betrayed (1988 film) The Birth of a Nation; The Black Klansman; Black Legion (film) BlacKkKlansman; Brotherhood of Death; Burden (2018 film) The Burning Cross; Bustin' Loose (film) The Butler
In 1955, Edwards created his own organization, "U.S. Klans, Knights of the Ku Klux Klan", and established a 15,000 strong following in nine south eastern American states. [3] In the late 1950s, Edwards joined forces with Roy Elonzo Davis who was Imperial Wizard of the Original Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, and one of the founding members of the ...