It was formed near Atlanta, Georgia, in 1915 largely to defend and enforce state-wide alcohol prohibition that had earlier been imposed in the state but which was sometimes ignored.
The KKK did have children among their members.
The "KKK of the 1920s," established in 1915, called itself the Ku Klux Klan or KKK.
The second Klan was established in 1915 in Georgia so it's doubtful that the group was organized in RI and CT that soon.
It's first sighting was in 1865
The KKK was a hate group.
Protestant Christianity
No, it would be considered a hate group.
KKK
No. They were almost like a terrorist group.
Yes
The KKK
"Six Confederate veterans from Pulaski, Tennessee created the original Ku Klux Klan on December 24, 1865, during the Reconstruction of the South after the Civil War. The name was formed by combining the Greek kyklos (κύκλος, circle) with clan. The group was known for a short time as the "Kuklux Clan". " for wikipedia