Ku Klux Klan facts for kids
The Ku Klux Klan is a hate group. It was started in the southern United States on March 3, 1865. Most of its hate has been towards African Americans, but it has also attacked Catholics, Jews and immigrants. It has sought to keep "white power", often through very violent acts such as killing people. The first Ku Klux Klan broke up and does not exist anymore. However, other groups with the same name and the same ideas have been created.
The Ku Klux Klan (acronym KKK) is an organization which was started in Pulaski, Tennessee in 1865. This was after the American Civil War. It started as a social club for former Confederate soldiers. The Klan quickly became a terrorist organization. Its aim was to resist the Reconstruction of the United States.
Images for kids
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KKK rally near Chicago in the 1920s
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The "Ku Klux Number" of Judge, August 16, 1924
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This Frank Bellew cartoon links the Democratic Party with secession and the Confederate cause.
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Nathan Bedford Forrest
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Benjamin Franklin Butler wrote the Civil Rights Act of 1871.
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Gov. William Holden of North Carolina
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Frontispiece to the first edition of Dixon's The Clansman, by Arthur I. Keller
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"The Fiery Cross of old Scotland's hills!" Illustration from the first edition of The Clansman, by Arthur I. Keller. Note figures in background.
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Movie poster for The Birth of a Nation, which has been widely credited with inspiring the 20th-century revival of the Ku Klux Klan.
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In this 1926 cartoon, the Ku Klux Klan chases the Catholic Church, personified by St. Patrick, from the shores of America. Among the "snakes" are various supposed negative attributes of the Church, including superstition, the union of church and state, control of public schools, and intolerance.
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See also
In Spanish: Ku Klux Klan para niños
