History of Ku Klux Klan

HomePage | Recent Changes | Preferences

	Revision 24 . . (edit) December 6, 2001 12:26 am by Stephen Gilbert
	Revision 23 . . December 6, 2001 12:02 am by Dmerrill [copyedit, gay rights, chambering a bullet myth]
	Revision 22 . . (edit) December 5, 2001 9:43 pm by (logged).191.188.xxx
	Revision 21 . . (edit) December 5, 2001 9:42 pm by (logged).191.188.xxx
	Revision 20 . . (edit) December 5, 2001 9:41 pm by (logged).191.188.xxx
	Revision 19 . . (edit) December 5, 2001 9:40 pm by (logged).191.188.xxx
	Revision 18 . . (edit) December 5, 2001 9:38 pm by (logged).191.188.xxx
	Revision 17 . . (edit) December 5, 2001 9:14 pm by (logged).191.188.xxx
	Revision 16 . . (edit) December 5, 2001 9:13 pm by (logged).191.188.xxx
	Revision 15 . . (edit) October 29, 2001 12:28 am by (logged).227.230.xxx

Difference (from prior major revision) (minor diff, author diff)

Changed: 1c1,3

The Ku Klux Klan is an organization in the United States dedicated to opposing [civil rights]? for Blacks, Jews, and other disadvantaged groups. In certain times and places it has also opposed Catholicism, and 'left' groups such as the IWW. Sometimes referred to by the abbreviation KKK.

The Ku Klux Klan (KKK) is an organization in the United States dedicated to opposing [civil rights]? for Blacks, Jews, and other disadvantaged groups. In certain times and places it has also opposed Catholicism, and 'left' groups such as the IWW, and the [gay rights movement]?.

The name Ku Klux Klan comes from kuklos, the Greek word for circle. A persistent myth has existed in the United States which alleges that the name comes from the sound of a rifle bullet being chambered, but this is false.

Changed: 5c7

The name Ku Klux Klan comes from kuklos, the Greek word for circle. The Ku Klux Klan was first established after the end of the American Civil War, to oppose the extension of voting rights to Blacks, and other measures to end segregation, introduced as part of the Reconstruction?. But as federal control of the ex-Confederate states was withdrawn, the local white population re-established their power and with it segregation laws. The Klan then faded from existence, its purpose served.

The Ku Klux Klan was first established after the end of the American Civil War, to oppose the extension of voting rights to Blacks, and other measures to end segregation, introduced as part of the Reconstruction?. But as federal control of the ex-Confederate states was withdrawn, the local white population re-established their power and with it segregation laws. The Klan then faded from existence, its purpose served.