Thursday, March 4, 2010

Summary Of The KKK's History

A KKK meeting in 1925

  • The Ku Klux Klan was first started by six Confederate veterans, right after the American Civil War
  • In that time, the Klan killed without boundaires, leaving the bodys of African-Americans in the streets
  • In 1870, it was determined that the Ku Klux Kla was a terrorist organization
  • In 1870, the Klan also began to decline, and finally disintegrated
  • In 1915 the Klan was refounded, and took on the symbol of a burning cross
  • In 1920, the clan had close to 4,000,000 members
  • By 1924, 6,000,000
  • In 1930, they had been reduced to 30,000 members
  • By 1950, the Klan had seperated, and had smaller groups all around the U.S.A.
  • In 1980 they had 5,000
  • Now, in 2008, the KKK has started to grow, and now has 6,000 members

"Ku Klux Klan." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 3 Mar. 2010. Web. 8 Mar. 2010. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ku_Klux_Klan.

(The Ku Klux Klan In Prophecy)

Caleb

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  2. The KKK was the right arm of the Democratic Party. Every member of the KKK was a Democrat without exception.

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