The Ku Klux Klan, is a secret terrorist organization that
             originated in the southern states during the period of
             Reconstruction following the American Civil War and was
             reactivated on a wider geographic basis in the 20th century. The
             original Klan was organized in Pulaski, Tennessee, during the
             winter of 1865 to 1866.Although the Ku Klux Klan began as a prankish
             socialorganization, its activities soon were directed against the
             Republican Reconstruction governments and their leaders, both
             black and white, which came to power in the southern states in
             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 brought about by the Ku Klux
             Klan. While the menace of the KKK has peaked and waned over the
             In 1920, the "re-born" Klan consisted only of a few thousand
             members. Followers of this klan spread the word of the Klan around
             the U.S. like wildfire. The Klan was to
             be pro-American, which to them meant anti-black, anti-Jewish and
             The Ku Klux Klan was infamous for their violent, racist, and
             immoral acts of pure hatred towards "impure" Americans. Lynching
             was not an uncommon ritual for the Klan. Klansmen would often
             break into the homes of African American and kidnap them. They
             then would whip them repeatedly while they would chant phrases
             exhulting white supremacy. After viciously whipping their victim
             they would hang them and leave them for others to see. They
             wanted to put fear into the hearts of their enemies. Between
             1918 and 1927, there were no fewer than 417 lynchings of blacks.
             In the mid-1920s, inept and exploitive leadership, internal
             conflict, and alleged Klan immorality and violenc
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