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[[File:KKKrally1946.JPG|right|300px|thumb|Ku Klux Klan rally, unknown location, August, 1951]]

[[File:KKKrally1946.JPG|right|300px|thumb|Ku Klux Klan rally, unknown location, August, 1951]]

The '''Ku Klux Klan''' ("KKK") had three incarnations in the USA, all by racist Democrats. Two very prominent Democrats were members of the KKK:  Democrat [[Robert Byrd]], who was a U.S. Senator from [[West Virginia]] for more than 50 years and who had led his local KKK chapter, and Democrat [[Hugo Black]], who was appointed to the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] by [[FDR]] and became the Justice most hostile to [[classroom prayer]] and [[Christianity]] in public life.

The '''Ku Klux Klan''' ("KKK") had three incarnations in the USA, all by racist Democrats. Two very prominent Democrats were members of the KKK:  Democrat [[Robert Byrd]], who was a U.S. Senator from [[West Virginia]] for more than 50 years and who had led his local KKK chapter, and Democrat [[Hugo Black]], who was appointed to the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] by [[FDR]] and became the Justice most hostile to [[classroom prayer]] and [[Christianity]] in public life. Despite the Democrat-KKK connection, however, liberals (who falsely claim that the pre-1964 Democrats were a "conservative" party) similarly falsely claim the KKK to be a "right-wing" organization.  

The Klan of the 1860s was a violent effort by white Southern [[Democrats]] to fight [[Reconstruction]] after the [[Civil War]].  Reconstruction was ended as a political compromise to resolve the exceedingly close presidential election of 1876.

The Klan of the 1860s was a violent effort by white Southern [[Democrats]] to fight [[Reconstruction]] after the [[Civil War]].  Reconstruction was ended as a political compromise to resolve the exceedingly close presidential election of 1876.

==First KKK==

==First KKK==

[[Image:Artoon.jpg|right|200px|thumb|A political cartoon depicting the KKK and the Democratic party as continuations of the Confederacy]]

[[Image:Artoon.jpg|right|200px|thumb|A political cartoon depicting the KKK and the Democratic party as continuations of the Confederacy]]

The first KKK was an movement of white Southerners who opposed [[Reconstruction]]. It was founded in 1866 to inflicting violence against black leaders and white Republicans.<ref>http://www.history.com/topics/ku-klux-klan</ref> One of the founders, and the first "Grand Wizard," was former Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest. The Klan was broken up by President [[Ulysses S. Grant]] and the U.S. Army using the Civil Rights Act of 1871 (also known as the Ku Klux Klan Act). It had disappeared by 1872, although similar violent groups persisted in some localities around the South.

The first KKK was an movement of white Southerners who opposed [[Reconstruction]]. It was founded in 1866 by members of the [[Democrat Party]] to inflicting violence against black leaders and white Republicans.<ref>http://www.history.com/topics/ku-klux-klan</ref> One of the founders, and the first "Grand Wizard," was former Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest. The Klan was broken up by President [[Ulysses S. Grant]] and the U.S. Army using the Civil Rights Act of 1871 (also known as the Ku Klux Klan Act). It had disappeared by 1872, although similar violent groups persisted in some localities around the South.

==Second KKK: The 1920s==

==Second KKK: The 1920s==

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