Ku Klux Klan founded
1865 · Event
Six Confederate veterans found the Klan at Pulaski, Tennessee; it becomes a terrorist force against freedpeople and Republicans across the South.
On these timelines: USA, American Civil War, Slavery & Abolition, Master, The Civil Rights Movement
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