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The sources of the rituals, titles and even the name of KKK may be found in antebellum college fraternities and secret societies such as the Kuklos Adelphon. [1] Earlier source material, however, states, The ceremony of initiation was borrowed from some of the features of the introduction of candidates of the long defunct Sons of Malta and other like societies, and was calculated to, and did ...
The Klan had about 1,200 members in Orange County, California. The economic and occupational profile of the pro- and anti-Klan groups shows the two were similar and about equally prosperous. Klan members were Protestants, as were most of their opponents, but the latter also included many Catholic Germans. Individuals who joined the Klan had ...
Edgar Ray Killen (January 10, 1925 – January 11, 2018) was an American Ku Klux Klan organizer who planned and directed the murders of James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner, three civil rights activists participating in the Freedom Summer of 1964.
The hacker group Anonymous revealed the names of at least a dozen Ku Klux Klan members and their families online Friday morning. The extensive list also included ages, phone numbers, addresses and ...
The Ku Klux Klan and local police organized a caravan to intimidate the protesters and the African American community in Jonesboro. [8] Thomas and Kirkpatrick organized a twenty men group to protect the citizens of Jonesboro, starting the Deacons. [8] Thomas, who had military training, quickly emerged as the leader of this budding defense ...
Canadian Ku Klux Klan members (6 P) F. Former Ku Klux Klan members (20 P) L. Leaders of the Ku Klux Klan (1 C, 16 P)
This category contains people whose past or present membership in the Ku Klux Klan in the United States has been self-proclaimed or reported by a reliable information source. Subcategories This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.
In 1978, Stallworth noticed a classified ad in the local paper seeking members to start a new chapter of the Ku Klux Klan in the city. He responded to the posting via mail to a P.O. box, and provided them an address and phone number. A Klan member phoned Stallworth, who then posed as a racist white man who "hated Blacks, Jews, Mexicans, Asians ...