Ku Klux Klan

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far-right organization hate group terrorist organization white supremacist organization

The Ku Klux Klan is a white supremacist terrorist organization in the United States known for its violent campaigns against African Americans and other minority groups, especially during and after Reconstruction.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Ku Klux Klan canonical 25
Ku Klux Klan members 2
Ku Klux Klan violence 2

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf far-right organization ⓘ
hate group ⓘ
terrorist organization ⓘ
white supremacist organization ⓘ
associatedWithCrime church bombings ⓘ
school desegregation violence ⓘ
classifiedAs domestic terrorist organization by many scholars ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
firstEra 1860s–1870s ⓘ
founded 1865 ⓘ
foundedBy Confederate heritage organizations ⓘ
surface form: Confederate veterans
foundedIn Pulaski, Tennessee ⓘ
foundedInPeriod Reconstruction era ⓘ
hasSubgroups various independent Klan organizations in the United States ⓘ
ideology Christian extremism ⓘ
antisemitism ⓘ
nativism ⓘ
racism ⓘ
white nationalism ⓘ
white supremacy ⓘ
membershipPolicy restricted to white Protestants ⓘ
notableActivityRegion Midwestern United States ⓘ
Southern United States ⓘ
western United States ⓘ
surface form: Western United States
notableSymbol burning cross ⓘ
white hood ⓘ
white robe ⓘ
opposedLegislation Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ
Reconstruction policies ⓘ
Voting Rights Act of 1965 ⓘ
opposes Black Americans ⓘ
surface form: African Americans

Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Catholics

Jews ⓘ
civil rights movement ⓘ
immigrants ⓘ
organizationalStructure cell-based organization ⓘ
secret society ⓘ
peakMembershipPeriod 1920s ⓘ
religiousClaim Protestant Christianity ⓘ
secondEra 1915–1940s ⓘ
targetedGroup Black Americans ⓘ
surface form: African Americans

Freedom Rides ⓘ
surface form: Freedom Riders

Republican politicians during Reconstruction ⓘ
civil rights activists ⓘ
labor organizers ⓘ
thirdEra post–World War II ⓘ
usesTactics arson ⓘ
bombing ⓘ
cross burning ⓘ
intimidation ⓘ
lynching ⓘ
murder ⓘ
terrorism ⓘ

Referenced by (32)

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Reconstruction era → opposedBy → Ku Klux Klan ⓘ
16th Street Baptist Church → perpetrator → Ku Klux Klan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ku Klux Klan members
Redemption (end of Reconstruction governments) → participant → Ku Klux Klan ⓘ
Nativism in the United States → associatedWithMovement → Ku Klux Klan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ku Klux Klan (1920s)
Freedom Summer → hasOppositionFrom → Ku Klux Klan ⓘ
Freedom Rides → facedOppositionFrom → Ku Klux Klan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ku Klux Klan members
Civil Rights Act of 1871 → aimedAt → Ku Klux Klan ⓘ
Addie Mae Collins → killedBy → Ku Klux Klan ⓘ
The Birth of a Nation → portraysOrganization → Ku Klux Klan ⓘ
Enforcement Acts → opposedBy → Ku Klux Klan ⓘ
Enforcement Acts → mainSubject → Ku Klux Klan ⓘ
subject surface form: Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871
White League → similarTo → Ku Klux Klan ⓘ
Red Shirts → inspiredBy → Ku Klux Klan ⓘ
Red Shirts → relatedTo → Ku Klux Klan ⓘ
Don Black → movement → Ku Klux Klan ⓘ
Don Black → hasOnlineActivity → Ku Klux Klan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Stormfront online community
Don Black → associatedWith → Ku Klux Klan ⓘ
Confederate battle flag → usedBy → Ku Klux Klan ⓘ
First Enforcement Act → relatedTo → Ku Klux Klan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ku Klux Klan violence
Nathan Bedford Forrest → associatedWith → Ku Klux Klan ⓘ
The Clansman: A Historical Romance of the Ku Klux Klan → subject → Ku Klux Klan ⓘ
The Leopard's Spots → portraysGroup → Ku Klux Klan ⓘ
FBI COINTELPRO operations → aimedAt → Ku Klux Klan ⓘ
Edmund Pettus → affiliation → Ku Klux Klan ⓘ
South Carolina election of 1876 → involvedOrganization → Ku Klux Klan ⓘ
BlacKkKlansman → subject → Ku Klux Klan ⓘ
Sarah Collins Rudolph → victimOf → Ku Klux Klan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ku Klux Klan violence
David Duke → memberOf → Ku Klux Klan ⓘ
David Duke → memberOf → Ku Klux Klan ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Association for the Advancement of White People
Clarence Brandenburg → memberOf → Ku Klux Klan ⓘ
Edward Ball → mainSubject → Ku Klux Klan ⓘ
subject surface form: Life of a Klansman
March Against Fear → securityThreat → Ku Klux Klan ⓘ