Ku Klux Klan is the name mainly given to two distinct secret societies that played a part in American history, although other less important groups have also used the name. The first Ku Klux Klan was an organisation that thrived in the South during the Reconstruction period following the Civil War. The second was a nation-wide organisation that flourished after World War I. Subsequent groups calling themselves the Ku Klux Klan sprang up in much …showed first 75 words of 836 total…

…showed last 75 words of 836 total…themselves the White Patriot Party, the National Association of White People, the White Aryan Resistance Party, the Order of Pale Faces, the Knights of the Rising Sun, the Knights of White Camilia and even the Black Calvary of Alabama. The Klan has been known for some of the most brutal lynchings in the history of African Americans is still around today. However, today they focus more on intimidation than they do on violence. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**