KKK
The Klan; what started life as a small social group of confederate veterans in 1865, has since become the country's oldest and most recognized terrorist group. The group, which was formed on a December night in Pulaski, Tennessee, mostly due to boredom of small town life, quickly grew in numbers to the allure of the secrecy surrounding the group. Since the group's purpose was to curb the boredom the members originally faced all the ceremonies were developed with fun in mind. 1. The group in the earliest days was quite similar to a fraternity. Their name originates from the Greek word kuklos, which means circle or cycle. 2. Similarly fraternities also base their names on Greek letters. In addition to names being similarly related to fraternities, the Klan also had elaborate initiation ceremonies in which the member had to remain blindfolded while reciting oaths. After the original six members had formed the structure of their organization, they dressed in white sheets and rode their horses through town, simply as a prank. This caused such a commotion that they decided to adopt the white sheets as their official uniform, shortly there after they also added tall pointed hats for more effect.
While the KKK has had its highs and lows, it is this nation's oldest and most recognized sign of terrorism and hate. The white robes, burning crosses and the confederate flag are all easily recognizable signs of the Klan. Hate is what all terrorism groups most have or otherwise there would be no reason to physically or emotionally harm any one group of people. The Klan's following increases after an influx of minorities into society or an increase of power to a specific minority group, the Klan may become less prominent in society after they get there point across or legal action against them becomes to much, but the Klan will always remain as long as people have these white supremacy ideals. While all of this was going the Klan was actually on the decline. In 1924 there was more than forty thousand Klansmen participate in a march in Washington D.C., but when Williams tried to repeat the march in 1926 turn out was less than half of what it was only two years prior. As the 1920's came to an end anti-Klan sentiment was rising, and with Great depression starting Klan membership dwindled and there were no more than a couple hundred thousand members nation wide.
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