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Ku Klux Klan (Handout)
Verfaßt von: Michael Eckel (12. Jahrgangsstufe, LK Englisch)

The KKK is a secret, masked U.S. organization advocading white supremacy, which first appeared during the reconstruction era after the Civil War. It was revived after WWI, linked only by name and tradition to the original Klan.

The 19th Century Klan

Christmas Eve 1865: original Ku Klux Klan founded as a social club by six Confederate veterans Calvin E. Jones, Frank O. McCord, Richard R. Reed, John B. Kennedy, John C. Lester, James R. Crowe in Pulaski (near Nashville), Tennessee

April 1867: KKK formally organized, General Nathan Bedford Forrest chosen as
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Grand Wizard

1869: KKK disbanded by N. B. Forrest

Structure of the Klan

Invisible Empire - Grand Wizard
State Realms - Grand Dragons
County Provinces - Grand Titans
Individual Dens - Grand Cyclopses

Similar Societies to the KKK

Knights of the White Camellia
The White League
The Invisible Circle
The Pale Faces

Principles of the Klan

1. to protect the weak and to relieve the injured and oppressed
2. to protect and defend the Constitution of the U.S. and laws passed in conformity thereto and to protect the states and people from invasion from any source
3. to aid in the execution of the laws and to protect people from unlawful seizure and trial except by their peers

The 20th Century Klan

Thanksgiving Day 1915: new KKK organized by Colonel William Joseph Simmons on Stone Mountain, near Atlanta, Georgia

June 7, 1920: Edward Y. Clarke and Mrs. Elizabeth Tyler bought Klan

1921: Hiram W. Evans replaced Simmons as Head of the Klan

April 23, 1944: KKK disbanded