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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 the name of an American Protestant-led Christian extremist, white supremacist, far-right hate group. Various historians have characterized the Klan as America's first terrorist group.
Description: Emblem of the Ku Klux Klan – A cross in a circle with the 'blood drop' in the center; sometimes turned by 45°. The emblem is known as the 'Mystic Insignia of a Klansman' or the 'Blood Drop Cross'.
This is a partial list of notable historical figures in U.S. national politics who were members of the Ku Klux Klan before taking office. Membership of the Klan is secret. Political opponents sometimes allege that a person was a member of the Klan, or was supported at the polls by Klan membe
[1] [2] Several Ku Klux Klan (KKK) members beat and killed Michael Donald, a 19-year-old African-American, and hung his body from a tree. One perpetrator, Henry Hays, was executed by electric chair in 1997, while another, James Knowles, was sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty and testifying against Hays.
Although the Ku Klux Klan is most often associated with white supremacy, the revived Klan of the 1920s was also anti-Catholic.In U.S. states such as Maine, which had a very small black population but a burgeoning number of Acadian, French-Canadian and Irish immigrants, the Klan manifested primarily as a Protestant nativist movement directed against the Catholic minority as well as African ...
The Klan emblem is one of just two items in the museum’s collection that will never go on display. Deep in storage in Kansas City’s Black Archives: Ku Klux Klan robes. Here’s why
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Photos from the rally show a man in white robes with a white pointed hood covering his face holding a sign that read “Trump Endorsed by the KKK!”. The group was monitored by police for the ...