The Ku Klux Klan (KKK; / ˌkuː klʌks ˈklæn, ˌkjuː -/), [e] commonly shortened to the Klan, is an American Protestant -led white supremacist, far-right hate group.

Oct 29, 2009 · Founded in 1865, the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) extended into almost every southern state by 1870 and became a vehicle for white southern resistance to the Republican Party’s Reconstruction …

Dec 23, 2025 · Ku Klux Klan, either of two distinct U.S. hate organizations that employed terror in pursuit of their white supremacist agenda. One group was founded in Pulaski, Tennessee, immediately after …

Jan 8, 2025 · The Ku Klux Klan (KKK) is a secretive and extremist organization that has played a contentious role in U.S. history. Emerging during the Reconstruction era, it became synonymous with …

Ku Klux Klan (KKK) is the name of several past and present organizations in the United States that have advocated at different times white supremacy, anti-Semitism, racism, anti-Catholicism, homophobia, …

Apr 1, 2016 · The KKK reached its peak nationwide in the 1920s. After WWII, the name Ku Klux Klan was used by numerous groups throughout the South who opposed the civil rights movement and …

Dec 18, 2025 · How did the Ku Klux Klan spread across the South? Part of its journey depended on a code for secret correspondence.

In 1865, at the conclusion of the Civil War, six Confederate veterans gathered in Pulaski, Tennessee, to create the Ku Klux Klan, a vigilante group mobilizing a campaign of violence and terror against the …

Oct 7, 2025 · This report analyzes the locations of historic KKK organizations to see where they were the most prevalent in Texas. The city in Texas with the most number of Klaverns was Winters with 4 …

Aug 10, 2023 · Behind a mask of chivalry, the Ku Klux Klan seeks to perpetuate white supremacy. Often simply called by its acronym, the KKK was founded as a fraternal organization in the South after the …