The name adopted in the southern part of the United States by a secret political organization, active for several years after the close of the Civil War, and having for its aim the repression of the political power of the freed negroes; -- called also Kuklux Klan and the Klan. It exerienced a revival in the 1920's, in the north as well as the south, and persists as a weak organization into the 1990's. Its goals were primarily anti-negro and anti-Catholic, and its tactics included terrorist attacks on negroes for the purpose of intimidation with the goal of continuing segregation. The signature activity of the Klan was the burning of a cross, either at rallies of Klansmen, or on the property of African-Americans which they hoped to intimidate.
a white Southern vigilante group created during Reconstruction and responsible for lynching and intimidating blacks and sympathetic whites.
A "buzz word" leftists try to put on your lips - if you let them. For instance, "Mr. Smith denied being in the Ku Klux Klan," or "Mr. Jones acknowledged that he knew someone in the Ku Klux Klan," or "Mr. Bell said that the Nationalist program differs from the Ku Klux Klan." Say what Nationalists are for, rather than against, period (avoid contrasts or comparisons).
a secret organization that began in Georgia in 1915 and is known for terrorizing immigrants, Jews, and especially blacks.
a secret society of white Southerners in the United States; was formed in the 19th century to resist the emancipation of slaves; used terrorist tactics to suppress Black people
White supremacy group that is not tolerant of minorities and has a long history of violence. L M N O
A secret society, organized after the Civil War, whose belief was in white supremacy.
Southerners who objected to congressional Reconstruction policies founded several secret terrorist societies, the Ku Klux Klan was one of these. It was organized in Tennessee in 1866 and became a vigilante group dedicated to driving blacks out of politics by using intimidation and violence.
Ku Klux Klan (KKK) is the name of a number of past and present fraternal organizations in the United States that have advocated white supremacy, antisemitism, racism, anti-Catholicism, homophobia, and nativism. These organizations have often used terrorism, violence and acts of intimidation such as cross burning to oppress African Americans and other groups.