Ku Klux Klan

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The Ku Klux Klan is a white supremacist terrorist organization in the United States known for its violent campaigns against African Americans and other minority groups, especially during and after Reconstruction.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf far-right organization
hate group
terrorist organization
white supremacist organization
associatedWithCrime church bombings
school desegregation violence
classifiedAs domestic terrorist organization by many scholars
country United States
firstEra 1860s–1870s
founded 1865
foundedBy Confederate veterans
foundedIn Pulaski, Tennessee
foundedInPeriod Reconstruction era
hasSubgroups various independent Klan organizations in the United States
ideology Christian extremism
antisemitism
nativism
racism
white nationalism
white supremacy
membershipPolicy restricted to white Protestants
notableActivityRegion Midwestern United States
Southern United States
Western United States
notableSymbol burning cross
white hood
white robe
opposedLegislation Civil Rights Act of 1964
Reconstruction policies
Voting Rights Act of 1965
opposes African Americans
linked to: Black Americans

Catholics
linked to: Roman Catholicism

Jews
civil rights movement
immigrants
organizationalStructure cell-based organization
secret society
peakMembershipPeriod 1920s
religiousClaim Protestant Christianity
secondEra 1915–1940s
targetedGroup African Americans
linked to: Black Americans

Freedom Riders
linked to: Freedom Rides

Republican politicians during Reconstruction
civil rights activists
labor organizers
thirdEra post–World War II
usesTactics arson
bombing
cross burning
intimidation
lynching
murder
terrorism

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Reconstruction era opposedBy Ku Klux Klan
16th Street Baptist Church perpetrator Ku Klux Klan members
linked to: Ku Klux Klan
Nativism in the United States associatedWithMovement Ku Klux Klan (1920s)
linked to: Ku Klux Klan
Freedom Summer hasOppositionFrom Ku Klux Klan
Freedom Rides facedOppositionFrom Ku Klux Klan members
linked to: Ku Klux Klan
Civil Rights Act of 1871 aimedAt Ku Klux Klan
Addie Mae Collins killedBy Ku Klux Klan
Enforcement Acts opposedBy Ku Klux Klan
Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871 mainSubject Ku Klux Klan
subject linked to: Enforcement Acts
White League similarTo Ku Klux Klan
Red Shirts inspiredBy Ku Klux Klan
Red Shirts relatedTo Ku Klux Klan
Don Black movement Ku Klux Klan
Don Black hasOnlineActivity Stormfront online community
linked to: Ku Klux Klan
Don Black associatedWith Ku Klux Klan
Confederate battle flag usedBy Ku Klux Klan
First Enforcement Act relatedTo Ku Klux Klan violence
linked to: Ku Klux Klan
The Leopard's Spots portraysGroup Ku Klux Klan
FBI COINTELPRO operations aimedAt Ku Klux Klan
Edmund Pettus affiliation Ku Klux Klan
BlacKkKlansman subject Ku Klux Klan
Sarah Collins Rudolph victimOf Ku Klux Klan violence
linked to: Ku Klux Klan
David Duke memberOf Ku Klux Klan
David Duke memberOf National Association for the Advancement of White People
linked to: Ku Klux Klan
Clarence Brandenburg memberOf Ku Klux Klan
Life of a Klansman mainSubject Ku Klux Klan
subject linked to: Edward Ball
March Against Fear securityThreat Ku Klux Klan