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The Ku Klux Klan (/ ˌ k uː k l ʌ k s ˈ k l æ n, ˌ k j uː-/), [e] commonly shortened to the KKK or the Klan, is an American Protestant-led Christian extremist, white supremacist, far-right hate group. It was founded in 1865 during Reconstruction in the devastated South. Various historians have characterized the Klan as America's first ...
Contemporary historians have classified these groups as fascist organizations; one of them being the Ku Klux Klan (KKK). [20] During the 1920s, American scholars frequently wrote about the rise of Italian fascism under Benito Mussolini , but few of them supported it, however Mussolini's fascist policies did initially gain widespread support ...
Fascist symbolism is the use of certain images and symbols which are designed to represent aspects of fascism. These include national symbols of historical importance, goals, and political policies. [ 1 ]
The bottom red stripe also placed the Clan's Blood Drop insignia between the word "Knights" and the letters KKK written in white. This particular flag is used by the Loyal White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, a neo-KKK group founded about 2012, which took part in the Charlottesville riots.
This flag is used by modern Neo-Nazis, especially in Germany and the United States, to bypass the legal ban of the Nazi flag. Because of this usage, its use is considered as a crime within seven states in Germany. In the other nine German states, misuse of the flag for fascist purposes is punishable with a fine. Nazi Party flag
A bronze plaque at West Point, the United States Military Academy, shows a hooded figure and the words “Ku Klux Klan” underneath, according to a congressional commission’s report.
Some claim to back Donald Trump, others Hillary Clinton. We asked the experts to find out which candidate really gets the backing of white supremacists.
List of fascist movements; List of fascist movements by country; List of Ku Klux Klan organizations; List of neo-Nazi bands. List of National Socialist black metal bands; List of organizations designated by the Southern Poverty Law Center as hate groups; List of white nationalist organizations; Radical right (Europe) Radical right (United States)