K.K.K Research      

The Ku Klux Klan is the name of several past and present organisations in the United States which are, white supremacy, anti-Semitism, anti-Catholicism, racism, homophobia, anti-communism  and nativism. These organizations used terrorism, violence, lynching and cross lighting to oppress African Americans and other religious, social or ethnic groups.      

The Ku Klux Klan was founded in 1866 by veterinarians of the confident army. Between 1868 and 1870 the Ku Klux Klan played an important role in restoring white rule in North Carolina, Tennessee and Georgia.

The members of this group varied between normal American families to police officers and law members, this is why no law was involved. This explains why the law and police forces never stopped.

The second Klan was founded in 1915. It grew rapidly in another period of post war social tensions. After world war one many American coped with booming growth rates in major cities, where numerous waves of immigrants from southern and eastern Europe.

The name "Ku Klux Klan" began to be used by several independent groups. Beginning in the 1950s, individual Klan groups began to resist the civil by bombing houses in transitional neighborhoods and the houses of activists, as well as by physical violence, intimidation and assassination. In Birmingham, Alabama, during the tenure of Bull Connor, Klan groups were closely allied with police and operated with impunity. There were so many bombings of homes by Klan groups that the city's nickname was "Bombingham". In states such as Alabama and Mississippi, Klan members had alliances with governors' administrations.

The Ku Klux Klan was overshadowed in the late 1990s and early 2000s by growing neo-Nazi activity; however, by 2005 neo-Nazi groups had fallen on hard times, with many groups collapsing or fragmenting. This collapse has helped create a rise of racist skinhead activity, but has also provided new opportunities for Klan groups.              

In addition, in the early 2000s, many communities in the United States began to experiences a significant influx of immigrants, especially Hispanics, for the first time in their histories. A single-issue movement opposing immigration has helped create fear and anxiety about immigration in the minds of many Americans.

Many Ku Klux Klan groups have attempted to take advantage of that fear and uncertainty, using anti-immigration sentiments for recruitment and propaganda purposes, and to attract publicity.

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