Ku Klux Klan

Legendary card · No. 1865

The Ku Klux Klan (KKK), also known as "The Klan", is an American far-right hate group. It has emerged in three major waves throughout its history. The ideologies of various Klan offshoots have differed, but mostly share beliefs of White supremacy, anti-Black racism, and racial segregation. Its tactics have included intimidation, violence, and bombings to achieve specific aims such as suppressing black voters, weakening emerging civil rights movements, and maintaining a racial hierarchy with White Protestants at the top. The KKK saw a peak in influence and membership around the mid-1920s, followed by a sharp decline beginning in 1925 and persisting throughout the 1930s. The first Klan emerged during Reconstruction, founded by former Confederate soldiers who opposed federal efforts to extend civil and political rights to formerly enslaved people. It carried out widespread violence against black voters, officeholders, and their white allies in an effort to undermine Republican state governments...

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