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The kkk threatened all black people with murder,toarcher and any other sort of horrific method that upset people.

They were a group of exstreamists against the black people of America.

They started up in 1865.

They were the people responsible for the assasination of Martin Luther King.

The KKK wore white robes with white pointed hats.

The spent £17,000,000 establishing 4,000 schools and 100 hospitals.

Around 40 groups of the kkk are still around today.

The KKK stands for ku klux klan.

The founder of the KKK was a man called Nathan Bedford Forrest.

Founder: Confederate Civil War veterans Captain John C. Lester, Major James R. Crowe, John D. Kennedy, Calvin Jones, Richard R. Reed, And And Frank O. McCord

The ku klux klan first emerged following the civil war as Americas first true terrorist group.

Founded: 1866

Headquarters: Each different Klan group has its own headquarters.

Background: The Klan has fragmented into more than 40 separate factions of varying sizes. There is no “one” Ku Klux Klan.

Estimated size: There are over a hundred different chapters in the various Klan organizations, with varying memberships. Overall, there may be as many as 5,000 members and associates of the Ku Klux Klan. The Klan is strongest in the South and in the Midwest.

Criminal Activity: The Klan has a relatively high association with criminal activity, ranging from hate crimes to acts of domestic terrorism.

Media: Mass mailings, leafleting and the Internet

Strategy: Public rallies and protests, "adopt a highway" programs and other attention getting stunts, Internet

Ideology: White supremacist ideology not far from that of neo-Nazis, although it tends to be more Christian-oriented and to stress nativism.

financial support: Little. Most funding comes from membership dues and sales of Klan paraphernalia.