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The History of the Ku Klux Klan
The original Klan was organized in Tennessee in 1865 by former Confederate army officer Jonathan B Frost, he gave their society a name adapted from the Greek word kuklos. The Klan attempted to destroy the reconstructed governments that came into power in the southern states in 1867. The Kl ....
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.... its membership was as high as 3 million.”
In 1944 the Klan formally split up when it was unable to pay taxes owed the federal government. After World War II, widespread public sentiment developed for the suppression of the organization. It broke down into numerous, independent units.
The Klan opposed the civil rights movement that gained force in the late 1950s, The Klan again rose up, and was believed to be involved in many incidents of racial violence.
After passage of the U.S. Civil Rights Act of 1964 the Klan experienced a marked incre ....
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