jan 1, 1866 - the Ku Klux Klan was founded on December 24, 1865, in Pulaski, Tennessee, by six Confederate veterans. Originally started as a fraternal social club, it rapidly evolved into a militant terrorist organization dedicated to white supremacy and violently resisting Reconstruction-era civil rights for Black Americans
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jan 1, 1866
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~ 160 years ago