The Ku Klux Klan

The Ku Klux Klan is a secret organization that originated in the southern states during the period of Radical Reconstruction following the American Civil War; the clan was soon reactivated on a wider geographic basis in the 20th century. The original clan was organized in Pulaski, Tennessee, during the winter of 1865 to 1866, by former Confederate army officers who gave their clan a name adapted from the Greek word kuklos, which means circle. Although the Ku …

…the German-American Bund, an organization financed in part by the government of Nazi Germany, in holding a large rally at Camp Nordland, New Jersey. After the entry of the United States into World War II, the clan curtailed its activities. In 1944 it disbanded formally when it was unable to pay back taxes owed to the federal government. Revival of clan activities after the war led to widespread public sentiment for the suppression of the organization.