History of the Kkk

The history of the Ku Klux Klan
Ku Klux Klan, often abbreviated KKK and informally known as The Klan, is the name of three distinct past and present organizations in the United States.
The KKK was founded in Pulaski, Tennessee, in 1865 as a social club for veteran soldiers. However, it very quickly changed into a force of terror, as insurgents tried to reassert white supremacy.
They rode and attacked usually at night, intimidating blacks with physical attacks, murders and the destruction of their houses and property. White schoolteachers and Republicans were also attacked.
The KKK became powerful during early Reconstruction in the 1860s as hatred for African-Americans increased. By 1868, The KKK was active in Georgia. It tried to disfranchise blacks or keep them from participating in the government. The Klan became so powerful in the South that Congress passed 4 Force laws to stop them. Other laws banned the KKK entirely. Hundreds of KKK members were arrested and tried as common criminals and terrorists. The first Klan was all but eradicated within a year of federal prosecution.

Three Movements of the KKK.
The first movement began in 1865 in the South after the Civil War.
It was founded by veterans of the Confederate Army.   The first Klan flourished in the South in the 1860s, then died out by the early 1870s.Their iconic white costumes consisted of robes, masks, and conical hat.
In 1854, the Republican Party was organized mainly of anti-slavery Whigs and Free Soil Democrats.
The second movement was formed in Stone Mountain, GA in 1915.
      The movie, The Birth of a Nation was released, glorifying the first Klan. the second clan introduced cross burnings.
      The murder of Mary Phagan was also a big factor in the second movement.
After the governor commuted Leo Frank's sentence to life imprisonment in 1915, a mob calling itself the Knights of Mary Phagan kidnapped Frank from prison and lynched him.
The KKK peaked in the the second movement with...