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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 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.
The SPLC designated 566 extreme antigovernment groups as active in 2020, [40] and 488 extreme antigovernment groups as active in 2021. [4] Of the 488 organizations designated as active in 2021, 92 were militia groups, 75 were "sovereign citizen" groups, three were "constitutional sheriff" groups, and 52 were "conspiracy propagandist" groups.
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 report also found that most groups have less than 25 active members and many of the largest groups have around 50-100 members. RELATED: The Ku Klux Klan (KKK) throughout history
Bibb Graves (D), (1873 – 1942) was the Governor of Alabama. He lost his first campaign for governor in 1922, but four years later, with the secret endorsement of the Ku Klux Klan, he was elected to his first term as governor. Graves was almost certainly the Exalted Cyclops (chapter president) of the Montgomery chapter of the Klan.
The Imperial Klans of America, Knights of the Ku Klux Klan ( IKA) is a white supremacist, white nationalist, neo-Nazi paramilitary organization. Until the late 2000s, it was the second largest Klan group in the United States, [2] and at one point in the early 2000s, it was the largest. [3] In 2008, the IKA was reported to have at least 23 ...
U.S. Klans. Flier advertising the U.S. Klans. The U.S. Klans, officially, the U.S. Klans, Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, Inc. was the dominant Ku Klux Klan in the late 1950s and early 1960s. The death of its leader in 1960, along with increased factionalism, splits and competition from other groups led to its decline by the mid-to-late 1960s. [1]