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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-/), 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.
The Black Legion was a white supremacist terrorist organization and hate group which was active in the Midwestern United States in the 1920s and the 1930s. It split off from the Ku Klux Klan and grew to prominence during the Great Depression. According to historian Rick Perlstein, the FBI estimated that its membership numbered "at 135,000 ...
Died. May 18, 1945. (1945-05-18) (aged 65) Atlanta, Georgia. William Joseph Simmons (May 7, 1880 – May 18, 1945) was an American preacher and fraternal organizer who founded and led the second Ku Klux Klan from Thanksgiving evening 1915 until being ousted in 1922 by Hiram Wesley Evans. [1]
According to the report, the Ku Klux Klan movement in the United States consists of 42 active Klan groups in 33 states, a slight increase from early 2016's data.
It is the oldest Black church in the Upper Mohawk Valley, founded during the Civil War in the 1860s. It is still active on South Street in Utica. 2014, 10 years ago
4. Roy Elonzo Davis (April 24, 1890 – August 12, 1966) was an American preacher, white supremacist, and con artist who co-founded the second iteration of the Ku Klux Klan in 1915. Davis was Second Degree (second in command) of the KKK under William J. Simmons and later became National Imperial Wizard (leader) of the Original Knights of the Ku ...
Atlanta resident Bill Thomas, a local history buff and economic development director, recently made a presentation to the LCGHS on the KKK.
The Ku Klux Klan student organization formed in 1906 or 1908 at the University of Illinois. It was referred to as "Ku Klux" in the 1909 yearbook. It was officially recognized by the university in 1915. in the 1916 yearbook, it was called Ku Klux Klan and was described as an honor fraternity. 1916 yearbook, University of Illinois