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KKK
Title: KKK
Category: Law & Government / Government & Politics
Details: Words: 979 | Pages: 4.2 (approximately 235 words/page)
KKK
Ku Klux Klan
A secret terrorist organization that began in the southern states during the
reconstruction period following the Civil War and was reactivated on a larger basis in
the 20th century. The original Klan was brought together in Pulaski, Tennessee in
1865, by six X-Confederate officers who gave their society a name from the Greek
word kuklos. Although the Ku Klux Klan began as a prankish social organization, its
activities soon were directed against the …showed first 75 words of 979 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 979 total…In the 1970s, the Klan had gained a little in respectability. Known Klan leaders
ran for office in the South, and got a numbers of votes. Around 15 organizations
existed, like the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, the United Klans of America, and the
National Klan. A new start of Klan violence occurred in the1980’s a Klan office was
opened in Toronto, Canada. The membership was estimated at 5000 at the end of the
decade.
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