Living on the farm set off a love of heritage and place, a common southern value. A part of this was the KKK. His father was a member of the original movement and Simmons was always fascinated by the stories he was told as a little boy. He was once quoted to have a vision on the Klansmen "On horseback in their white robes [as] they rode across the wall in front of me. As the picture faded out I got down on my knees and swore that I would found a fraternal organization that would be a memorial to the Ku Klux Klan.""(28).
When he was in a car accident and bedridden for three months, he worked out all the details of founding a new Ku Klux Klan. He decided that the premiere of The Birth of a Nation (a controversial, racist movie still used today to recruit members into the Klan) was the right time to put this well devised plan into action. He gathered about forty men from various groups, including two men from the original Klan and the speaker of the Georgia legislature. They all agreed to found the order and Simmons picked the night before Thanksgiving for the formal ceremonies. This awakening of the Klan was performed on Stone Mountain, a granite slab sixteen miles outside of Atlanta. Simmons had set up a cross and lit it on fire to signify the rebirth of the Klan.
The next week, Simmon's announcement of "The World's Greatest Secret, Social, Patriotic, Fraternal, Beneficiary Order- came out in all the papers next to the advertisement for The Birth of a Nation. Within a short time, Simmons had about ninety followers who had bought memberships from him. This organization drew members of the middle and high class to join. This Klan was not a night-riding, violent organization as was the previous era of the Klan, but a fraternal organization with class. It stressed comprehensive Americanism and white supremacy. Instead of saying it was anti-Jew and Anti-Catholic, they simply claimed that they were a strictly Protestant order.
The Ku Klux Klan organized a little while after the American Civil War. ... The Ku Klux Klan manly consisted of old Confederate Army Officers. ... The Ku Klux Klan's original purpose in the South was to scare African Americans out of voting. ... By 1915 the Ku Klux Klan was reformed by a preacher named William J. ... With the rise of Klan members the Ku Klux Klan became bold and began targeting Freedom Schools. ...
The Ku Klux Klan is a secret organization that was formed in South America in the state called Mississippi in the early 1900's which until this day still exists; the original Ku Klux Klan was organized in Pulaski, in the state of Georgia on December 24, 1865, by six former Confederate army officers. ... The name Ku Klux Klan comes from the Greek word "kuklos" which means circle. The Ku Klux Klan also called the KKK has killed many black people during the American civil war. ... The Ku Klux Klan was mostly active in between 1963 to 1970. ... This is to show how the Ku Klux Klan is....
However, with the Klan demanding freedom of speech, with political figures related to the Ku Klux Klan still bringing prejudice to politics throughout the country, and with multitudes of African-American churches being burned to the ground, it seems as if the Ku Klux Klan is still a threat to the citizens of this country. The Ku Klux Klan has played a major role in United States history. ... (Harrel, 309) The idea of public officials having involvement in the Ku Klux Klan is frightening, and still today it is present. ... Today, the Ku Klux Klan does not just ...
A secret society was formed called the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan. ... The first is the Christian Knights of the Ku Klux Klan. ... The second and thirds are The Knights of the Ku Klux Klan. ... The fourth is the Federation of Klans, Knights of the Ku Klux Klan that was formed in April 1994. ... The fifth Klan faction is the Knights of the White Camellia Ku Klux Klan, formed in 1992 and 1993. ...
The Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871 and the Joint Select Committee majority report were responses to an escalating civil unrest during the Reconstruction Period of the United States. These acts were established to dismantle, or at the very least, control the practices of the Ku Klux Klan. ... The Ku Klux Klan Act and the Joint Select Committee's majority report can be seen as succeeding "in suppressing the Klan's activities in those regions where it was enforced."" ... Their testimony gave "the most complete and reliable account of [the Ku Klux Klan's] operations during Reconstruction....
We call these groups the Ku Klux Klan, or the KKK, and the Mexican Cartel. ... Organization's Mission The Ku Klux Klan, which once started as a social club, was formed in 1866 by six college students in Pulaski, Tennessee. ... In response to the movement, the Ku Klux Klan planned to put a stop to this progressive movement among the African American community. ... Historical Context The Ku Klux Klan formed in 1965, or December 24th to be exact. ... For example, there is a denomination called the Fraternal White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan in Tennessee. ...
Millions of lives have been taken by such parties as the Nazi's and the Ku Klux Klan since the birth of our country. ... However, with the Klan demanding freedom of speech, with political figure related to the Ku Klux Klan still bringing prejudice to politics throughout the country, and with multitudes of African-American churches being burned to the ground, it seems as if the Ku Klux Klan is still a threat to the citizens of this country. The Ku Klux Klan has played a major role in United States history. ... The idea of public officials having involvement in the Ku Klux Klan is fright...
It was originally organized as a secret social club (Ku Klux Klan 1). ... Later on the name was changed to Ku Klux Klan to represent a college fraternity (Kronchwetter 19). ... The Ku Klux Klan especially targeted Republicans because the freed slaves were joining the party. ... They were commonly tortured or killed because of their involvement (Ku Klux Klan 1). ... So a year later congress passed the, "Ku Klux Klan Acts," this strengthen the punishment and also allowed the suspension if Habeas Corpus while the state is under martial law (Ku Klux Klan 2). ...
