KU KLUX KLAN

The Ku Klux Klan came into being immediately after the end of the American
Civil War at first as a sort of Southern resistance movement but soon
changed into an avowdly racist society trying to preserve the segregationist
lifestyle of the old South. The Klan achieved much success but also a lot of
notoriety because of it's often brutal methods. The Klan faded into
insignificance in the 1880's. In the early 1920's, the Klan was relaunched
and achieved great success mostly in the Southern States but also throughout
the rest of the USA. However with the advent of WW2, the Ku Klux Klan again
faded into insignificance. The start of the "Civil Rights" movement in the
1960's saw a rebirth of the Klan in opposition and it is still active today,
although splintered and small compared to it's zenith in the 1920's.