The Ku Klux Klan,commonly shortened to the KKK or the Klan,is the name of several historical and current American white supremacist,far-right terrorist organizations and hate groups. The Klan was "the first organized terror movement in American history." Their primary targets at various times have been African Americans,as well as Jews and Catholics.
The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) is an American 501(c)(3) nonprofit legal advocacy organization specializing in civil rights and public interest litigation. Based in Montgomery,Alabama,it is known for its legal cases against white supremacist groups,for its classification of hate groups and other extremist organizations,and for promoting tolerance education programs. The SPLC was founded by Morris Dees,Joseph J. Levin Jr.,and Julian Bond in 1971 as a civil rights law firm in Montgomery.
White Aryan Resistance (WAR) is a white supremacist and neo-Nazi organization in the United States which was founded and formerly led by former Ku Klux Klan Grand Dragon Tom Metzger. It was based in Warsaw,Indiana,and it was also incorporated as a business. In 1993,the group expanded into Canada.
This is a partial list of notable historical figures in U.S. national politics who were members of the Ku Klux Klan before taking office. Membership of the Klan is secret. Political opponents sometimes allege that a person was a member of the Klan,or was supported at the polls by Klan members.
Thomas Robb is an American white supremacist,Ku Klux Klan Grand Wizard and Christian Identity pastor. He is the National Director of the Knights Party,also known as the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan,taking control of the organization since the year 1989.
Nathaniel Lawrence Goldstein was New York State Attorney General from 1943 to 1954,paralleling the three terms of Governor Thomas E. Dewey. A Republican,Goldstein equaled the twelve-year tenure of his Democratic predecessor John J. Bennett Jr. Since the office's creation in 1777,the only New York Attorneys General who served longer were Louis Lefkowitz (1957–78) and Robert Abrams (1978–94).
The Indiana Republican Party is the affiliate of the United States Republican Party in the state of Indiana. The chairman of the Indiana Republican State Committee is Anne Hathaway.
Rocky Joe Suhayda is an American neo-Nazi and far-right activist,who as of 2017 was chairman of a fringe group that split from the American Nazi Party. He has held the office since at least 2000. He and his Party are based in Michigan.
Crime rates in Alabama overall have declined by 17% since 2005. Trends in crime within Alabama have largely been driven by a reduction in property crime by 25%. There has been a small increase in the number of violent crimes since 2005,which has seen an increase of 9% In 2020,there were 511 violent crime offenses per 100,000 population. Alabama was ranked 44th in violent crime out of a total 50 states in the United States.
The Association of Georgia Klans,also known as the Associated Klans of Georgia was a Klan faction organized by Dr. Samuel Green in 1944,and led by him until his death in 1949. At its height the organization had klaverns in each of Georgia's 159 counties,as well as klaverns in Alabama,Tennessee,South Carolina and Florida. It also had connections with klaverns and kleagles in Ohio and Indiana. After Green's death,however,the organization foundered as it split into different factions,was hit with a tax lien and was beset by adverse publicity. It was moribund by the time of the Supreme Court's "Black Monday" ruling in 1954. A second Association of Georgia Klans was formed when Charles Maddox led dissatisfied members out of the U.S. Klans in 1960. This group appears to have folded into James Venable's National Knights of the Ku Klux Klan by 1965. There is also a current Klan group by that name.
Daryl Davis is an American R&B and blues musician and activist. His efforts to fight racism by engaging members of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) have convinced dozens of Klansmen to leave and denounce the KKK. Known for his energetic style of boogie-woogie piano,Davis has played with such musicians as Chuck Berry,Jerry Lee Lewis,B. B. King,and Bruce Hornsby.
Maritza Davila is an American politician from the state of New York. A member of the Democratic Party,she represents the 53rd district in the New York State Assembly.
The Ku Klux Klan is an organization that expanded operations into Canada,based on the second Ku Klux Klan established in the United States in 1915. It operated as a fraternity,with chapters established in parts of Canada throughout the 1920s and early 1930s. The first registered provincial chapter was registered in Toronto in 1925 by two Americans and a Canadian. The organization was most successful in Saskatchewan,where it briefly influenced political activity and whose membership included a member of Parliament,Walter Davy Cowan.
The Loyal White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan is a group styled after the original Ku Klux Klan (KKK). Formed around 2012,it aims to "restore America to a White,Christian nation founded on God's word".
The Macedonia Baptist Church is a centuries-old historically black church located in rural Clarendon County,South Carolina. It was destroyed by arsonists following direction from the local Ku Klux Klan chapter known as the Christian Knights of the Ku Klux Klan and was later rebuilt afterwards. Four Klansmen were convicted for the crime,and a subsequent civil suit effectively closed the Klan chapter's operation in the county. The successful civil suit was called a "wake-up call" indicating that racial violence would not be tolerated.
The "Original 33" were the first 33 African-American members of the Georgia General Assembly. They were elected to office in 1868,during the Reconstruction era. They were among the first African-American state legislators in the United States. Twenty-four of the members were ministers. Upon taking office,white Democrats,then a minority in the Assembly,conspired with enough white Republicans to expel the African-American legislators from the Assembly in September 1868. The next year,the Supreme Court of Georgia ruled that African Americans had the right to hold office in Georgia. The expelled legislators were reinstated and took office in January 1870.
Stefani Zinerman is an American Democratic Party politician who currently represents New York State Assembly district 56,which includes Bedford-Stuyvesant and Crown Heights in Brooklyn,New York.
"Holding a Black Lives Matter Sign in America's Most Racist Town" is a YouTube video by American filmmaker Rob Bliss,published on July 27,2020. The video consists of Bliss holding a sign reading "Black Lives Matter" in Harrison,Arkansas,a town that has been dubbed "America's Most Racist Town" due to its connections to white pride riots and the headquarters of the white supremacist terrorist hate group the Ku Klux Klan. During the video,multiple white passersby drive by and shout racist obscenities. As of June 2023,the video has over 12 million views on YouTube.
