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KKK founded - Dec 24, 1865 - HISTORY.com

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In Pulaski, Tennessee, a group of Confederate veterans convenes to form a secret society that they christen the “Ku Klux Klan.” The KKK rapidly grew from a ...

Ku Klux Klan - Facts & Summary - HISTORY.com

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Leading Confederate general Nathan Bedford Forrest was chosen as the first leader, or “grand wizard,” of the Klan; he presided over a hierarchy of grand dragons, grand titans and grand cyclopses.

Ku Klux Klan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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The Ku Klux Klan (KKK), or simply "the Klan", is the name of three distinct past and present ... The first Klan was founded in Pulaski, Tennessee, some time between December 1865 and August 1866 by six former members of the Confederate ...
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Rise of the Ku Klux Klan . U.S. Grant: Warrior . WGBH ... - PBS

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By 1868, the Klan had evolved into a hooded terrorist organization that its members called "The Invisible Empire of the South." The reorganized Klan's first leader, or "Grand Wizard," was Nathan Bedford Forrest, who had been a Confederate general during the Civil War.

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