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 KKK was formed in the Reconstruction Era after the American Civil War. Its main goal was to weaken the Reconstruction governments and retain power for the Southerners who had been in favor of the Confederacy. read more
A group including many former Confederate veterans founded the first branch of the Ku Klux Klan as a social club in Pulaski, Tennessee, in 1866. The first two words of the organization’s name supposedly derived from the Greek word “kyklos,” meaning circle. read more