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Tennessee.
The ku Klux Klan had its beginnings in Pulaski, Tennessee in 1865. The original founders were a group of thirteen former Confederates. It claimed to be a "social club".
The Ku Klux Klan was organized in Pulaski, Tennessee during December, 1865.
The Ku Klux Klan was organized in Pulaski, Tennessee during December, 1865.
The Ku Klux Klan originated in 1865 in Tennessee after the Civil War ended. Most of the Klan members consisted of former confederate soldiers.
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The first Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan in Tennessee was Nathan Bedford Forrest. He was a Confederate cavalry general during the Civil War and became one of the founding leaders of the Klan after the war's conclusion in 1867. Forrest's leadership helped establish the Klan as a significant force of white supremacy and intimidation in the post-war South.
The United States. Pulaski, Tennessee, in 1865.
The first KKK was strongest in Tennessee. The second Klan, the KKK of the 1920s, was strongest in Indiana, where even the governor was reputed to have been a member of the secret organization and was elected with strong Klan support.
Ku Klux Klan
The first Ku Klux Klan was founded in 1865 in Pulaski, Tennessee. It was formed as a vigilante group to restore white supremacy against black and white Republicans.