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KKK (Organization (Members (membership nationwide at around 3,000), 2nd…
KKK
Organization
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Members
membership nationwide at around 3,000
The name was formed by combining the Greek kyklos (κύκλος, circle) with clan.
2nd
New Klan founder William J. Simmons joined 12 different fraternal organizations and recruited for the Klan with his chest covered with fraternal badges, consciously modeling the Klan after fraternal organizations.
Klan organizers called "Kleagles" signed up hundreds of new members, who paid initiation fees and received KKK costumes in return.
When the organizer was done with an area, he organized a rally, often with burning crosses, and perhaps presented a Bible to a local Protestant preacher. He left town with the money collected. The local units operated like many fraternal organizations and occasionally brought in speakers.
Founded
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Where?
In Pulaski, Tennesse, USA.
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When?
1865 to 1871, and 1915 to 1944.
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History
First clan 1865–1871
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Combat the Carpetbaggers
The first Klan flourished in the Southern United States in the late 1860s, then died out by the early 1870s. It sought to overthrow the Republican state governments in the South during the Reconstruction Era, especially by using violence against African American leaders.
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Second clan 1915–1944
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White supremacy
Its official rhetoric focused on the threat of the Catholic Church, using anti-Catholicism and nativism.
Birth of nations
mythologized the founding of the first Klan, gaining popularity
This second organization adopted a standard white costume and used code words which were similar to those used by the first Klan, while adding cross burnings and mass parades to intimidate others.
adopted a modern business system of using full-time paid recruiters and appealed to new members as a fraternal organization
Later klans
The third and current manifestation of the KKK emerged after World War II, in the form of localized and isolated groups that use the KKK name.
Focused on opposition to the Civil Rights Movement, often using violence and murder to suppress activists.
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