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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-/), [e] commonly shortened to the KKK or the Klan, is an American Protestant-led Christian extremist, white supremacist, far-right hate group. It was founded in 1865 during Reconstruction in the devastated South. Various historians have characterized the Klan as America's first ...
Two children wearing Ku Klux Klan robes and hoods stand on either side of Samuel Green, Ku Klux Klan Grand Dragon, at an initiation ceremony in Atlanta. July 24, 1948. The Association was formed at the same klonvokation that dissolved the Second Era Knights of the Ku Klux Klan. The new group was to be an "informal, unincorporated" alliance of ...
Green was born on November 18, 1889 in Atlanta, Georgia, to Dr. Alfred Franklin Green, and his wife, Annie Kate Taylor. He became an obstetrician and joined the Ku Klux Klan in 1922. [2] By the early 1930s, Green had become the Grand Dragon of Georgia. [3] Starting from the late 1920s, the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan had a problem with ...
The U.S. Klans, officially, the U.S. Klans, Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, Inc. was the dominant Ku Klux Klan in the late 1950s and early 1960s. The death of its leader in 1960, along with increased factionalism, splits and competition from other groups led to its decline by the mid-to-late 1960s.
James R. Venable (January 15, 1901 – January 18, 1993) was a white supremacist Georgia lawyer and Mayor of Stone Mountain, Georgia from 1946 to 1949. He established the Klan national faction National Knights of the Ku Klux Klan in 1963, which he led for 25 years.
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.
Joining KKK is Grounds for Dismissal. Carol Berman. Updated July 14, 2016 at 8:58 PM. In the category of "Funny Business," we've got one that's not "ha-ha" funny. It's "weird" funny. We'd like to ...
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