Ku Klux Klan Founded as Terrorist Organization to Restore White Supremacy
Six Confederate veterans found the Ku Klux Klan on December 24, 1865, in Pulaski, Tennessee—creating what historians characterize as America’s first terrorist organization. The founders—Calvin E. Jones, John B. Kennedy, Frank O. McCord, John C. Lester, Richard P. Reed, and James R. …
Nathan Bedford Forrest
Confederate Veterans
Calvin E. Jones
John B. Kennedy
Frank O. McCord
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