Ku Klux Klan (KKK) is an organization in the US, who does not like homosexuals and are racists. The organization was founded in 1865, in the state of Tennessee. The organization was divided in 1870. The Klan was founded for the second time in 1915, in Georgia. The founder was William J. Simmons.
In the middle of the 1920’s the number of members were 4 million people. Their highest priority was to prevent the number of Catholics, Jews and other immigrants to increase in the US. Many politicians were members of Ku Klux Klan, which gave them influence in American politics.
During the Second World War, the Ku Klux Klan became dissolved.
In 1960, the organization was founded for the third time.
There are not that many members today. The number of members is about 6 thousand people, which are way lower than 4 million, which there were in the 1920’s.
In November, 2008 a dead woman was found in a kerb.The woman wanted to become a member of the Ku Klux Klan, therefore she drove to Louisiana to be a part of a ritual, so she could become a member of the organization. During the ritual she decided, that she wouldn’t be a member anyway. Therefore she asked to be driven back to the city. Her decision made the members angry, and it ended with the leader shooting the woman. The leader Raymond «Chuck» Foster was arrested and charged for murder. Another 7 people were arrested.They are describing themselves as a subgroup of Ku Klux Klan.
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