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The First Klan, or the Reconstruction Klan, was followed by the Second Klan, which reached its peak in the 1920s, and the Third Klan, which has been extant since the 1960s. According to historian Carl N. Degler, "Aside from the name, about the only common trait that the three Klans possess is vigilantism." [1]
Depiction of Ku Klux Klan in North Carolina in 1870, based on a photograph taken under the supervision of a federal officer who seized Klan costumes. The first Klan was founded in Pulaski, Tennessee, on December 24, 1865, [29] by six former officers of the Confederate Army: [30] Frank McCord, Richard Reed, John Lester, John Kennedy, J. Calvin ...
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 ...
From 1970 to 1981, the development of the First Channel of Georgian Television was associated with the work of Grigory Ratner. [1] In 1972, an antenna and special equipment for television and radio broadcasting were installed on Mount Mtatsminda, which allowed 600 thousand families of the Georgian SSR to receive republican television programs. [2]
In March 2019, YouTube TV launched in Glendive, Montana, thus making the service available in all 210 American television markets. [13] On April 10, 2019, YouTube TV added nine networks owned by Discovery, Inc. (including Discovery Channel, HGTV, Food Network, TLC, Animal Planet and OWN), bringing the service's lineup up to 70 channels. [14]
The Silver Dollar Group was an offshoot of the Ku Klux Klan white nationalist terrorist group, composed of cells that took up violent actions to support Klan goals. The group was largely found in Mississippi and Louisiana, and was named for their practice of identifying themselves by carrying a silver dollar.
Jim Williams (c. 1830 – March 6, 1871) was an African-American soldier and militia leader in the 1860s and 1870s in York County, South Carolina.He escaped slavery during the US Civil War and joined the Union Army.
Caleb A. Ridley (August 22, 1873– January 22, 1932) was Imperial Kludd (National Chaplain) of the 1915 Ku Klux Klan, appointed to the position by Imperial Wizard William Joseph Simmons. Ridley was a Baptist minister and spoke on behalf of the KKK at rallies in the 1910s and 1920s.