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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Ku_Klux_KlanKu Klux Klan - Wikipedia

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   The Ku Klux Klan (/ ˌ k uː k l ʌ k s ˈ k l æ n, ˌ k j uː-/), commonly shortened to the KKK or the Klan, is the name of several historical and current American white supremacist, far-right terrorist organizations and hate groups.

2. www.britannica.com › topic › Ku-Klux-KlanKu Klux Klan | Definition & History | Britannica

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   Ku Klux Klan, either of two distinct U.S. hate organizations that employed terror in pursuit of their white supremacist agenda. One group was founded in Pulaski, Tennessee, immediately after the Civil War and lasted until the 1870s. The other group began in 1915 and has continued to the present.

3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Lynching_in_the_United_StatesLynching in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Secret vigilante and terrorist groups such as the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) instigated extrajudicial assaults and killings in order to discourage freedmen from voting, working, and getting educated. They also sometimes attacked Northerners, teachers, and agents of the Freedmen's Bureau.

4. www.nny360.com › artsandlife › localhistoryThe Klan’s 1920s’ resurgence was felt in north country

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   • Sept. 19, 1924: PLESSIS — “The burning of a fiery cross, apparently a genuine Ku Klux Klan emblem, created great excitement in this village Thursday night.” The cross, “one of the largest seen” in NNY, was built of green poplar saturated in kerosene.

5. www.britannica.com › event › 16th-Street-Baptist-Church-bombing16th Street Baptist Church bombing | History & Four Girls

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   16th Street Baptist Church bombing, terrorist attack in Birmingham, Alabama, on September 15, 1963, on the predominantly African American 16th Street Baptist Church by local members of the Ku Klux Klan. Resulting in the injury of 14 people and the death of four girls, the attack garnered widespread national outrage.

6. www.britannica.com › event › Birmingham-Childrens-CrusadeBirmingham Children’s Crusade | History, Facts, Purpose, & Civil...

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   Yet confrontations and violence continued; on September 15 a bomb planted by the Ku Klux Klan at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham killed four young girls. However, sustained pressure from the movement and the presidency (first Kennedy’s, then Lyndon B. Johnson ’s) ultimately led to the passage of the Civil Rights Act ...

7. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › 16th_Street_Baptist_Church_bombing16th Street Baptist Church bombing - Wikipedia

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   Four members of a local Ku Klux Klan (KKK) chapter planted 19 sticks of dynamite attached to a timing device beneath the steps located on the east side of the church. [4] Described by Martin Luther King Jr. as "one of the most vicious and tragic crimes ever perpetrated against humanity," [5] the explosion at the church killed four ...