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It was a terrorist group created to harm Black people. They were very racist. The lynchicg of a Black man was often advertised in the newspaper and chicdren were taken along to see it as part of their 'education'.

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Ku Klux Klan, often abbreviated KKK and informally known as The Klan, is the name of three distinct past and present far-right[2][3][4][5] organizations in the United States, which have advocated extremist reactionary currents such as white supremacy, white nationalism, and anti-Immigration, historically expressed through terrorism.[6] Since the mid-20th century, the KKK has also been anti-communist.[6] The current manifestation is splintered into several chapters and is classified as a hate group.[7]

The first Klan flourished in the South in the 1860s, then died out by the early 1870s. Their iconic white costumes consisted of robes, masks, and conical hats, and were designed to be outlandish and terrifying.[8] The second KKK flourished nationwide in the early and mid 1920s, and adopted the same costumes and code words as the first Klan, while introducing cross burnings. The third KKK emerged after World War II and was associated with opposing the Civil Rights Movement and progress among minorities. The second and third incarnations of the Ku Klux Klan made frequent reference to America's "Anglo-Saxon" and "Celtic" blood, harking back to 19th century nativism and racialism priding themselves on being descended from the original 18th century British colonial revolutionaries.[9] All incarnations of the Klan have well-established records of engaging in terrorism, though historians debate how widely the tactic was supported by the membership of the second KKK.

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to restore democratic control of the south,keep former slaves powerless

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the KKK was formed to stop any "black power." they believed in whites having all the power.

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the emancipation of blacks

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