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This 8 page paper discusses the Ku Klux Klan; its history, beliefs, membership and ideology. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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bigotry and it spews its message of hate against almost everyone who is not white. At first it terrorized blacks in the South, but then expanded its "aims" until it
was targeting Jews, immigrants and all others who do not agree with its doctrines. It is, unfortunately, still extant but is much smaller than it once was. This paper explores
its history and beliefs. Discussion The Ku Klux Klan was founded in Pulaski, Tennessee by six college students, between December 1865 and summer 1866 (Extremism in America). The six were
all former Confederate officers and the organization was apparently a social club at first; the men spent much of their time in horseplay, "including wearing disguises and galloping about town
after dark" (Extremism in America). To their surprise, they found that their antics were scaring people, especially the former slaves who lived in the town (Extremism in America). When they
realized this, the word spread and the group began to grow rapidly, with groups forming in other towns (Extremism in America). In April 1867 the groups met to codify the
rules and set up a structure for the organization (Extremism in America). At this meeting, Nathan Bedford Forrest,1 a former Confederate general with a reputation for brilliant cavalry tactics, was
elected the leader of all the Klan organizations, with the title of Grand Wizard (Extremism in America). The Klan organization is as follows: "... realms, dominions, provinces and dens ...
led by Grand Dragons, Titans, Giants and Cyclopes" (Extremism in America). The Klan gained a great many members during the Reconstruction. Reconstruction was an attempt to help the South rebuild
and welcome it back into the Union; it also wanted to insure that newly freed blacks were accorded the rights they had just won; by most measures, it was a
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