Ku Klux Klan

They were the most violent, terrorizing group to be active in the Civil Rights Movement. Or you might know them as the KKK. Over time mostly every person in America .or possibly all over the world has heard of the monstrosity of a group that is the KKK. The topic of the Ku Klux Klan and their actions is always a complex one to address, but it is always interesting and surprising. From the beating, to bombing, and of course their infamous white robes and masks. However, there was more to their history than just those things. You have to start at the very beginning of their time to fully understand the Ku Klux Klan. Most people just skip maybe the most important fact about them; when and where were they originally founded? The KKK originally started in Pulaski, Tennessee by six young men (1). After the group the group began to aspire, the first chosen leader, Nathan B. Forrest ,was chosen to be the “Grand Wizard(7).” He was a confederate general and was the leader of the hierarchy of the Grand Dragons, Titans, and Cyclopes (8, 3). The first legend of the group mostly consisted of confederate generals (3).This group only lasted just under about ten years from their start in 1866 (8).Their reign wasn’t quite over yet, though. It was 1915, in Atlanta, Georgia, when William J. Simmons decided to revive the Klan (7, 8).After making their comeback in the 1910’s, their memorable deeds began to try and make a name for themselves .While doing this, the group gained a reputation, but not in the way that they had hoped. Because of this, the group lasted longer than the first era, but diminished in 1944(8).Not long after peace, for the most part, returned to the South, the Klan made yet another upcoming. The Klan began again in the 1950’s -60’s as an independent club (7). It is not known where they began again but most likely was started in the South (7). Their uprising was because they believed that, with the Civil Rights Movement happening, there was too much desegregation