Klan
White supremacist organization
The Klan is the Ku Klux Klan, a white supremacist organization founded after the American Civil War to terrorize Black Americans and their allies through violence, intimidation, and murder.
The Klan has had several revivals, expanding its targets to include Jews, Catholics, and immigrants.
The Klan marched through town in their white robes and hoods.
Deliberate fear-inducing pressure
- lynchingExtrajudicial killing by mob
- terrorismIntimidation through targeted violence
- vigilantismExtralegal enforcement by civilians
- harassmentAggressive, unwanted targeting
threats · arson · bombing · violence · parade · rally · leafleting · flogging
Prejudice based on ethnicity
- bigotryIntolerance toward differing views
- nativismPreference for native-born citizens
- antisemitismBigotry toward Jewish people
- xenophobiaHatred of outsiders
segregationist · anti-immigration · eugenics · ethnonationalism
Division of a book
- initiationFormal admission ceremony
- duesRegular membership payments
- recruitmentSeeking new personnel
- hierarchyRanked authority structure
membership · rally · march · realm · province · titan · nighthawk
Post-1865 national reunification period
- segregationForced separation by group
- lynchingExtrajudicial killing by mob
intimidation
Deliberate fear-inducing pressure
- lynchingExtrajudicial killing by mob
- terrorismIntimidation through targeted violence
- vigilantismExtralegal enforcement by civilians
harassment · threats · arson · bombing · violence · parade · rally · leafleting · flogging
racism
Prejudice based on ethnicity
- bigotryIntolerance toward differing views
- nativismPreference for native-born citizens
- antisemitismBigotry toward Jewish people
xenophobia · segregationist · anti-immigration · eugenics · ethnonationalism
chapter
Division of a book
- initiationFormal admission ceremony
- duesRegular membership payments
- recruitmentSeeking new personnel
hierarchy · membership · rally · march · realm · province · titan · nighthawk
Reconstruction
Post-1865 national reunification period
- segregationForced separation by group
- lynchingExtrajudicial killing by mob
hood
Attached head covering
- robeLong loose outer garment
- maskFace-worn concealment
- torchlightIllumination from burning brand
KlanNAACP
Civil rights advocacy organization
civil rights movement · CORE · Freedom Riders · Martin Luther King Jr. · Black Lives Matter
Rosa Parks · John Lewis · Harriet Tubman · Frederick Douglass · Medgar Evers
KlanQuakers
Pacifist Protestant denomination
peace movements · sanctuary movement · nonviolent resistance
- Ku Klux KlanWhite supremacist hate organization