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First operational era of the Ku Klux Klan
States. 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
First_Klan
American white supremacist hate group
The Ku Klux Klan (KKK; /ˌkuː klʌks ˈklæn, ˌkjuː-/), sometimes referred to as the Klan, is an American Protestant-led white supremacist and far-right hate
Ku_Klux_Klan
List of Ku Klux Klan leaders and their titles
was used by the first Klan, founded in 1865 and active during the Reconstruction era until 1872. The title was chosen because its first and only officeholder
Leaders_of_the_Ku_Klux_Klan
Klux Klan (KKK) before taking office. Membership of the Klan is secret. Political opponents sometimes allege that a person was a member of the Klan, or
Ku Klux Klan members in United States politics
Ku_Klux_Klan_members_in_United_States_politics
1871 Act of the United States Congress
of 1871 (17 Stat. 13), also known as the Ku Klux Klan Act, Third Enforcement Act, Third Ku Klux Klan Act, Civil Rights Act of 1871, or Force Act of 1871
Ku_Klux_Klan_Act
Handbook of the Ku Klux Klan
(from Klan and Koran) is the handbook of the Ku Klux Klan. Versions of the Kloran typically contain detailed descriptions of the role of different Klan members
Kloran
Ku Klux Klan organization
The National Knights of the Ku Klux Klan is a Klan faction that has been in existence since November 1963. In the sixties, the National Knights were the
National Knights of the Ku Klux Klan
National_Knights_of_the_Ku_Klux_Klan
Ku Klux Klan (KKK) nomenclature has evolved over the order's nearly 160 years of existence. The titles and designations were first laid out in the 1920s
Ku Klux Klan titles and vocabulary
Ku_Klux_Klan_titles_and_vocabulary
Ku Klux Klan Imperial Wizard (1881–1966)
and political activist who served as the Imperial Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan, an American white supremacist hate group, from 1923 to his resignation in
Hiram_Wesley_Evans
American hip hop collective from Miami
Raider Klan (stylized as RVIDXR KLVN) was an American hip hop collective formed in the Carol City neighborhood of Miami Gardens, in 2008. It grew to include
Raider_Klan
Terrorist acts by groups or individuals who profess Christian motivations or goals
founded the original Ku Klux Klan (KKK) organization in the Southern United States. Religion did not play a role in the first Klan and it disappeared in the
Christian_terrorism
United States federal law
Enforcement Act of 1870, also known as the Civil Rights Act of 1870 or First Ku Klux Klan Act, or Force Act (41st Congress, Sess. 2, ch. 114, 16 Stat. 140,
Enforcement_Act_of_1870
American Ku Klux Klan organization
The White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan is a Ku Klux Klan (KKK) organization primarily located in Mississippi and Louisiana and active in the United States
White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan
White_Knights_of_the_Ku_Klux_Klan
Albanian television network
TV Klan is a media group that includes Klan Plus, Radio Klan, Klan News, Klan Music, ABC News (Albania), Klan Kosova, and North Macedonia-based Klan Macedonia
Televizioni_Klan
Indiana branch of the Ku Klux Klan
The Indiana Klan was the state of Indiana branch of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK), a secret society in the United States that formed in Georgia in 1915. It grew
Indiana_Klan
Ku Klux Klan organization
The Association of Georgia Klans, also known as the Associated Klans of Georgia, was a Klan faction organized by Samuel Green in 1944, and led by him until
Association_of_Georgia_Klans
Ku Klux Klan organization
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
U.S._Klans
Laws aiming to combat resistance to reconstruction after the US Civil War
conditions for black people and freed slaves. The main target was the Ku Klux Klan, a white supremacy organization, which was targeting Black people, and later
Enforcement_Acts
Branch of the US Ku Klux Klan
Women of the Ku Klux Klan (WKKK), also known as Women's Ku Klux Klan, and Ladies of the Invisible Empire, held to many of the same political and social
Women_of_the_Ku_Klux_Klan
American writer, historian and journalist (1916–2005)
worse things than the Ku Klux Klan ever did—who never blew up trains or burnt bridges or anything else," and that the First Klan "didn't even have lynchings
Shelby_Foote
time. Scholars believe that early 20th-century groups such as the Ku Klux Klan and domestic proto-fascist organizations that existed during the Great Depression
Fascism_in_the_United_States
Limited series
Superman Smashes the Klan is a three-part superhero limited series comic book written by Gene Luen Yang with art by Gurihiru and published by DC Comics
Superman_Smashes_the_Klan
Mexican rapper and singer-songwriter
Ángel Jair Quezada Jasso, known professionally as Santa Fe Klan, is a Mexican rapper and singer-songwriter. He featured on several songs which were highly
Santa_Fe_Klan
The Ku Klux Klan has had a history in the U.S. state of New Jersey since the early part of the 1920s. The Klan was active in the areas of Trenton and Camden
History of the Ku Klux Klan in New Jersey
History_of_the_Ku_Klux_Klan_in_New_Jersey
2011 book by Thomas R. Pegram
of the Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s written by Thomas R. Pegram chronicles the rise to prominence and fall from grace of the Ku Klux Klan, during the 1920s
One_Hundred_Percent_American
Book by Thomas Dixon
Clansman: A Historical Romance of the Ku Klux Klan is a novel published in 1905, the second work in the Ku Klux Klan trilogy by Thomas Dixon Jr. (the others
The Clansman: A Historical Romance of the Ku Klux Klan
The_Clansman:_A_Historical_Romance_of_the_Ku_Klux_Klan
Danish comedian and magician
combination of magic and stand-up comedy. Rune Klan's 3 first one-man shows: "Rune Klan l tre-i-en", "Rune Klan Går Large" and "Det Blå Show" each have three
Rune_Klan
1979 massacre in North Carolina
members of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) and National Socialist Party of America (NSPA) shot and killed five demonstrators in a "Death to the Klan" march organized
Greensboro_massacre
1981 American court case
Knights of the Ku Klux Klan was a successful lawsuit brought by Vietnamese Americans in 1981 against a faction of the Ku Klux Klan. After the Vietnam War
Vietnamese Fishermen's Association v. Knights of the Ku Klux Klan
Vietnamese_Fishermen's_Association_v._Knights_of_the_Ku_Klux_Klan
The Canadian branch of the Ku Klux Klan was an expansion of the second Ku Klux Klan established in the United States in 1915. It operated as a fraternity
Ku_Klux_Klan_in_Canada
United States anti-black racial pogroms (~1866–~1888)
suffrage in the United States Enforcement Acts Freedmen's Bureau Ku Klux Klan § First Klan: 1865–1871 Red Shirts (United States) Lynching in the United States
Freedmen_massacres
Although the Ku Klux Klan is most often associated with white supremacy, the revived Klan of the 1920s was also anti-Catholic. In U.S. states such as Maine
Ku_Klux_Klan_in_Maine
Knights of the White Camelia Ku Klux Klan White League Between the Reconstruction period, known as the Klan's "first era", and the rebirth of the modern
List of Ku Klux Klan organizations
List_of_Ku_Klux_Klan_organizations
mass-arrests and begin the process of crushing the South Carolina Ku Klux Klan in federal court. Merrill reported 169 arrests in York County before January
South Carolina Ku Klux Klan trials of 1871–1872
South_Carolina_Ku_Klux_Klan_trials_of_1871–1872
American police officer (born 1953)
police officer who infiltrated the Ku Klux Klan in Colorado Springs, Colorado, in the late 1970s. He was the first African-American detective in the Colorado
Ron_Stallworth
Confederate States Army general, farmer and Ku Klux Klan leader (1821–1877)
from private to general, and later served as the first Grand Wizard of the Reconstruction-era Ku Klux Klan. Before the Civil War, Forrest amassed substantial
Nathan_Bedford_Forrest
Albanian talk show (since 1997)
politics and current events, broadcast on TV Klan and hosted by journalist Blendi Fevziu. It is considered the first televised political debate program in Albania
Opinion_(Albanian_TV_program)
County in South Carolina, United States
Robertson, Pat; Johnsey, Ellen (October 31, 1965). "South Carolina's First Klan: York had 'Kyklos' in 1868" (PDF). The State. Finkelman, Paul (2009).
York_County,_South_Carolina
1991 book by Michael and Judy Ann Newton
The Ku Klux Klan: An Encyclopedia, later re-released as The Ku Klux Klan: History, Organization, Language, Influence and Activities of America's Most Notorious
The Ku Klux Klan: An Encyclopedia
The_Ku_Klux_Klan:_An_Encyclopedia
Imperial Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan (1880–1945)
preacher and fraternal organizer who founded and led the second Ku Klux Klan from Thanksgiving evening 1915 until being ousted in 1922 by Hiram Wesley
William_Joseph_Simmons
American murderer and Ku Klux Klan leader (1891–1966)
American Ku Klux Klan (KKK) leader, convicted rapist and murderer. In 1923, he was appointed Grand Dragon of the Indiana Klan and head of Klan recruiting for
D._C._Stephenson
American civil rights and trade union activist
organizer. Ellis was at one time Exalted Cyclops, local leader of a Ku Klux Klan group in Durham, North Carolina, the city where he was born. Ellis was born
C._P._Ellis
Czech pilot (1911–1986)
Jan Klán (22 January 1911 – 10 December 1986) was a Czech fighter ace of World War II who achieved five aerial victories during the Battle of France. He
Jan_Klán
American Ku Klux Klan member (1890–1966)
supremacist, and con artist who co-founded the second iteration of the Ku Klux Klan in 1915. Davis was Second Degree (second in command) of the KKK under William
Roy_Elonza_Davis
Ku Klux Klan organizer (1881 – 1924)
Association. Their organization helped to turn the initially anemic second Ku Klux Klan into a mass-membership organization with a broader social agenda. They also
Mary_Elizabeth_Tyler
American Ku Klux Klan member (1889–1949)
American obstetrician who was Grand Wizard of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan in the late 1940s, organizing its third and final reformation in 1946. Green
Samuel_Green_(Klansman)
Antiquated practice now associated with the Ku Klux Klan
associated with the Ku Klux Klan. However, it was practiced long before the Klan's inception. Since the early 20th century, the Klan has burned crosses on hillsides
Cross_burning
Novella by P. Djeli Clark
Boudreaux on her quest to hunt and destroy the demons summoned by the Ku Klux Klan known as "Ku Kluxes". She is joined by fellow hunters Sadie Watkins and Cordelia
Ring_Shout
Ku Klux Klan organization
The Imperial Klans of America, Knights of the Ku Klux Klan (IKA) is a white supremacist, white nationalist, neo-Nazi paramilitary organization. Until
Imperial_Klans_of_America
20th century journalistic investigation
York World's exposé of the Ku Klux Klan brought national media to the operations and actions of the Ku Klux Klan beginning on September 6, 1921. The
New York World Exposé of the Ku Klux Klan
New_York_World_Exposé_of_the_Ku_Klux_Klan
American author, Freemason, and soldier (1809–1891)
Hall Scottish Rite Masonry to use. Pike first wrote about the Ku Klux Klan less than three years after the Klan's founding, in an April 16, 1868 editorial
Albert_Pike
2001 book by Michael Newton
The Invisible Empire: The Ku Klux Klan in Florida is a 2001 book about the Ku Klux Klan by Michael Newton. It was published by the University Press of
The Invisible Empire: The Ku Klux Klan in Florida
The_Invisible_Empire:_The_Ku_Klux_Klan_in_Florida
Kosovo national television network
Skopje. Klan Kosova was launched in 2009 on the first anniversary of Kosovo's independence, as a collaboration between the Albanian TV Klan and the Kosovan
Klan_Kosova
movie, sometimes considered by scholars to be the first "blockbuster," Birth of a Nation. However, the Klan also made attempts at influencing other parts
Ku_Klux_Klan_in_sports
The Ku Klux Klan (KKK) arrived in the U.S. state of Oregon in the early 1920s, during the history of the second Klan, and it quickly spread throughout
Ku_Klux_Klan_in_Oregon
The Gitxaała Nation is a First Nations government located in the village of Lax Klan (also called Kitkatla on Canadian maps), in the North Coast region
Gitxaala_Nation
African-American militia leader (1830–1871)
Kuklux Klan in South Carolina (PDF). {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help) Robertson, Pat; Johnsey, Ellen (October 31, 1965). "South Carolina's First Klan: York
Jim_Williams_(militia_leader)
American military figure and politician
Tennessee, where the Ku Klux Klan was formed. He became one of the Klan's first members. In 1867, Gordon became the Klan's first Grand Dragon for the Realm
George Gordon (Civil War general)
George_Gordon_(Civil_War_general)
American murder victim (1896–1925), cause of KKK decline
played a critical role in the demise of the second incarnation of the Ku Klux Klan. In March 1925, while working for the state of Indiana on an adult literacy
Murder_of_Madge_Oberholtzer
1915 film by D. W. Griffith
's 1905 novel and play The Clansman: A Historical Romance of the Ku Klux Klan. Griffith co-wrote the screenplay with Frank E. Woods and produced the film
The_Birth_of_a_Nation
and Thomas Whitfield Davidson divided the anti-Klan/anti-Ferguson vote amongst themselves in the first primary. Miriam "Ma" Ferguson's campaign was run
1924 Texas gubernatorial election
1924_Texas_gubernatorial_election
White supremacist and antisemitic hate group
The Loyal White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan is a group styled after the original Ku Klux Klan (KKK). Formed around 2012, it aims to "restore America to
Loyal White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan
Loyal_White_Knights_of_the_Ku_Klux_Klan
President of the United States from 1861 to 1865
Stephen A. Douglas. Lincoln won the 1860 presidential election, becoming the first Republican president. His victory prompted a majority of the slave states
Abraham_Lincoln
1996 film by Joel Schumacher
the Ku Klux Klan and its Grand Dragon, Stump Sisson, to ensure Carl Lee's conviction and death sentence by any means necessary. On the first day of the
A_Time_to_Kill_(1996_film)
2025 film by Ryan Coogler
survivors with the freedom of vampirism, revealing that Hogwood heads the local Klan and plans to attack the joint at dawn, but the survivors still refuse. Grace
Sinners_(2025_film)
Post-civil war voter suppression efforts in the United States
racists had used violence by domestic terrorism groups (such as the Ku Klux Klan), as well as fraud, to suppress black voters. After regaining control of
Disfranchisement after the Reconstruction era
Disfranchisement_after_the_Reconstruction_era
Country primarily in North America
American Experience. Trelease, Allen W. (1979). White Terror: The Ku Klux Klan Conspiracy and Southern Reconstruction. New York: Harper & Row. ISBN 978-0-313-21168-3
United_States
efforts of formerly enslaved persons such as Robert Smalls to disband the first Klan, they were not able to wipe out the monsters that feed off the hatred
List of alternate history fiction
List_of_alternate_history_fiction
American assassinated politician (1814–1868)
assassinated by the Ku Klux Klan in Columbus, Georgia, for his pro-African-American actions. He was the first murder victim of the Klan in the state. Ashburn
George_W._Ashburn
American civil rights organization
1980, the SPLC began a strategy of filing civil suits against the Ku Klux Klan for monetary damages on behalf of the victims of its violence. The SPLC also
Southern_Poverty_Law_Center
Confederate cavalry leader, railroad executive, and Grand Wizard of the First Klan. Ashdown, Paul; Caudill, Edward (2005). The Myth of Nathan Bedford Forrest
Bibliography of Nathan Bedford Forrest
Bibliography_of_Nathan_Bedford_Forrest
1958 KKK–Lumbee armed confrontation
armed confrontation between members of a Ku Klux Klan (KKK) organization and Lumbee people at a Klan rally near Maxton, North Carolina, United States
Battle_of_Hayes_Pond
Ku Klux Klan activities in Inglewood, California, were highlighted by the 1922 arrest and trial of 36 men, most of them masked, for a night-time raid on
Ku Klux Klan raid (Inglewood, California)
Ku_Klux_Klan_raid_(Inglewood,_California)
Argentine revolutionary (1928–1967)
"financial oligarchy, discrimination against blacks, and outrages by the Ku Klux Klan". Guevara continued, speaking out against the "persecution" that in his view
Che_Guevara
Ku Klux Klan organization
The Original Ku Klux Klan of the Confederacy was a Klan faction led by Asa Carter in the late 1950s. Despite the group's brief lifespan, it left its mark
Original Ku Klux Klan of the Confederacy
Original_Ku_Klux_Klan_of_the_Confederacy
President of the United States from 1981 to 1989
radio program called Operation Terror to speak out against rising Ku Klux Klan activity, calling it a "capably organized systematic campaign of fascist
Ronald_Reagan
American extremist minister and racist
April 3, 1938) was Imperial Empress (leader) of the Indiana Women's Ku Klux Klan (WKKK) in the early 1920s and an active member of the Women's Christian Temperance
Daisy_Douglas_Barr
American attorney
1891 – March 1, 1973) was an attorney and the Grand Dragon of the Ku Klux Klan in New Jersey. After holding a joint rally with the pro-Nazi German American
Arthur_Hornbui_Bell
American interfraternity honor society
Ku Klux Klan, also known as Ku Klux and later, Tu–Mas, was an American interfraternity honor society formed at the University of Illinois in 1906. After
Ku_Klux_Klan_(honor_society)
1981 lynching in Mobile, Alabama, U.S.
Donald was a 19-year-old African-American who was lynched by the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) in Mobile, Alabama, on March 21, 1981. He was one of the last reported
Lynching_of_Michael_Donald
which figures are unavailable for. It was hugely popular with the Ku Klux Klan who used it to drive recruitment, and at one point Variety estimated its
List of highest-grossing films
List_of_highest-grossing_films
have historically been strengthened by the local presence of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK), a White supremacist organization. Discrimination practices commonly
List of sundown towns in the United States
List_of_sundown_towns_in_the_United_States
the Ku Klux Klan. An example of the deep split within the party came in a brutal floor fight over a proposal to publicly condemn the Klan. Most of McAdoo's
1924 United States presidential election
1924_United_States_presidential_election
American white supremacist and neo-Nazi
the neo-Nazi website Stormfront. He was an Imperial Wizard in the Ku Klux Klan and a member of the American Nazi Party in the 1970s, though at the time
Don_Black_(white_supremacist)
growth. London has seen the establishment of Canadian chapters of the Ku Klux Klan, planned bank robberies, and in modern times, the establishment of a variety
Organized crime in London, Ontario
Organized_crime_in_London,_Ontario
Attack on LGBT nightclub
On November 15, 1937, about 200 Ku Klux Klan members stormed the popular LGBT-serving nightclub, La Paloma, in an unincorporated area of Dade County, Florida
Ku Klux Klan raid of La Paloma nightclub
Ku_Klux_Klan_raid_of_La_Paloma_nightclub
Far-right antisemitic conspiracy theory
European-American Unity and Rights Organization Hammerskins Identity Evropa Ku Klux Klan National Alliance National Citizens Alliance National Policy Institute National
Kalergi_Plan
Czech footballer
Václav Klán (born 7 September 1993) is a Czech football player who currently plays for SK Uhelné sklady Prague. Profile at FC Zbrojovka Brno official site
Václav_Klán
American author, folklorist, anti–Ku Klux Klan crusader (1916–2011)
folklore collectors during the first half of the 20th century, he is remembered for having infiltrated the Ku Klux Klan in the 1940s, exposing its secrets
Stetson_Kennedy
Founder of the Pillar of Fire Church
the first woman bishop of Pillar of Fire in the United States. She was a proponent of feminism. She also associated herself with the Ku Klux Klan and
Alma_Bridwell_White
Mountain and park in Georgia, United States
third national klans." Loewen describes how the rebirth of the Ku Klux Klan—the second Klan—was inspired by D. W. Griffith's 1915 Klan-glorifying film
Stone_Mountain
2021 single by Mahmood
"Klan" is a song by Italian singer Mahmood. It was released for digital download and streaming on 14 May 2021 by Island Records as the fifth single from
Klan_(song)
DC Comics superhero
character continued to take on such issues, tackling a version of the Ku Klux Klan in a 1946 broadcast, as well as combating anti-semitism and veteran discrimination
Superman
American rapper and record producer
group Raider Klan, and a co-founder of the collective BMB Deathrow. He coined and pioneered the Internet rap genre phonk. Successful Raider Klan members and
SpaceGhostPurrp
American record executive (born 1929)
black men were lynched "with chilling regularity by the Ku Klux Klan"; in the first twenty years of the twentieth century, 1,502 lynchings were reported
Berry_Gordy
American rapper (born 1995)
joining the former's hip-hop collective Raider Klan (stylized as RVIDXR KLVN). Curry left Raider Klan in 2013, releasing his debut studio album, Nostalgic
Denzel_Curry
English musician, songwriter and activist (1940–1980)
furore that followed, which included the burning of Beatles records, Ku Klux Klan activity and threats against Lennon, contributed to the band's decision to
John_Lennon
1907 novel by Thomas Dixon Jr
discontinue their activities. (This was ordered by the Klan's first Grand Wizard, Nathan Bedford Forrest.) The Klan members burn their robes and bury them in a grave
The_Traitor_(Dixon_novel)
English rock band (1960–1970)
backlash from US religious and social conservatives (as well as the Ku Klux Klan) over a comment Lennon had made in a March interview with British reporter
The_Beatles
American musician, author, and activist (born 1958)
activist. His efforts to fight racism by engaging members of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) have convinced dozens of Klansmen to leave and denounce the KKK. Known
Daryl_Davis
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