What is the klu klux klan?

The Ku Klux Klan (/ ˈ k uː ˈ k l ʌ k s ˈ k l æ n, ˈ k j uː /), commonly called the KKK or simply the Klan, refers to three distinct secret movements at different points in time in the history of the United States. read more

The Ku Klux Klan, with its long history of violence, is the most infamous — and oldest — of American hate groups. Although black Americans have typically been the Klan's primary target, it also has attacked Jews, immigrants, gays and lesbians and, until recently, Catholics. read more

Founded in 1866, 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-era policies aimed at establishing political and economic equality for blacks. read more