It wasn't needed when slavery was legal.
It wasn't needed when slavery was legal.
Because most Southern blacks were slaves, and there weren't the civil rights issues.
Because nearly all Southern blacks were in captivity at that time. The Klan was formed after the war, by defeated Confederates who were protesting at freed blacks aspiring to equal citizenship.
It's first Klan originated in 1865-1870. Right after the Civil War.
The Ku Klux Klan
Not sure but in 1865 the American Civil War was concluding and I think the Klu Klux Klan was formed about that time in response to the South's defeat.
The Ku Klux Klan
Because they were gay
You may be thinking of the Ku Klux Klan.
True, it is the Ku Klux Klan.
Koo klux klan
It opposed the movement.