2023-12-24 15:00:00
On December 24, 1865, the Ku Klux Klan, a secret terrorist organization, was founded in Tennessee, United States.
The Ku Klux Klan is a far-right group, known for promoting, through violent and propaganda acts, racism, xenophobia and anti-Semitism.
It was created in the 19th century and brings together several organizations structured as a secret society.
They frequently resort to terrorist, violent and intimidating actions.
One of the most famous is the burning of crosses.
The Klan was founded in late 1865 by veterans after the Civil War.
The organization quickly adopted violent methods to achieve its goals.
However, there was a reaction that quickly led the organization to decline.
It was formally dissolved by Republican President Ulysses Grant, through the Civil Rights Act of 1871.
In 1915, a new association with the same name was founded, inspired by the power they had in the mass media.
The second Ku Klux Klan was a more formal organization, with registered members and a state and national structure.
It had five million members.
Its popularity began to decline in the Great Depression of 1929 and during World War II, where some prominent members were involved in scandals for supporting Nazi Germany.
In 1940, activist Stetson Kennedy infiltrated the organization.
He managed to reveal secrets to the authorities and forced its elimination as a national association.
Since then, several different groups used the name, including those who opposed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and desegregation in the 1950s and 1960s.
Some members of these organizations were convicted of various crimes.
Today, the actual membership has only a few thousand members.
However, dozens of small organizations take action on its behalf.
The modern Ku Klux Klan was repudiated by the media, political and religious leaders of the United States.
However, it has not been outlawed and saw considerable growth in the years after 2017.
In fact, the American Civil Liberties Union granted legal support to several of its factions, in defense of their rights to demonstrate, parade and march, granted by the US Constitution.
The expansion of social media during the first decade of the 21st century (TWENTY-FIRST) gave these groups a great platform to expand their ideology, as well as new ways to demonstrate anonymously and attack their opponents online.
On December 24, 1865, the Ku Klux Klan, a secret terrorist organization, was founded in Tennessee, United States.
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