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
The Ku Klux Klan was formed in the aftermath of the Civil War in 1865 as a reaction to the social and political changes that followed the abolition of slavery and the Reconstruction era. Prior to the war, the institution of slavery was legally and socially entrenched in the Southern states, limiting the need for an organized group like the Klan. The Klan emerged as a response to the perceived threats to white supremacy and Southern identity, fueled by the empowerment of formerly enslaved people and the federal government's efforts to enforce civil rights. Thus, the Klan's formation was directly tied to the post-war context of conflict and resistance.
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.
It opposed the movement.