: Hooded riders used psychological warfare and brutal violence, including murder and arson.
In 1915, the film The Birth of a Nation glorified the first Klan and inspired a massive resurgence. This version of the Klan moved beyond the South, gaining millions of members in the North and Midwest. Depraved Kkk
The KKK began on Christmas Eve in 1865 in Pulaski, Tennessee. It started as a social club for six ex-Confederate soldiers but quickly transformed into a paramilitary group. Their goal was to overthrow Reconstruction and restore white supremacy by terrifying freed Black people and Southern Republicans. : Hooded riders used psychological warfare and brutal
The history of the Ku Klux Klan is a story of organized terror, political manipulation, and eventual self-destruction through internal depravity. The First Wave: Reconstruction Terror The KKK began on Christmas Eve in 1865 in Pulaski, Tennessee