klu+klux+klan

The Ku Klux Klan's long history of violence grew out of the resentment and hatred many white Southerners felt in the aftermath of the Civil War. Blacks, having won the struggle for freedom from slavery.

were now faced with a new struggle against widespread racism and the terrorism of the Ku Klux Klan. While the menace of the KKK has peaked and wanted over the years, it has never vanished.


 * They were authorized by law to give a specific number of lashes to any violators they caught.**
 * The Klan grew out of white Southern anger over the Civil War defeat and the Reconstruction that followed. Northerners saw in the Klan an attempt of unrepentant Confederates to win through terrorism what they had been unable to win on the battlefield.**


 * Ku Klux Klan**, often abbreviated **KKK** and informally known as **The Klan**, is the name of three distinct past and preseorganizations in the U.S which have advocated extremist reactionary currents such as white supremace white nationalism.