Ku Klux Klan
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The Ku Klux Klan is a white supremacist terrorist organization in the United States known for its violent campaigns against African Americans and other minority groups, especially during and after Reconstruction.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ku Klux Klan canonical | 25 |
| Ku Klux Klan members | 2 |
| Ku Klux Klan violence | 2 |
| Ku Klux Klan (1920s) | 1 |
| National Association for the Advancement of White People | 1 |
| Stormfront online community | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T70404 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Ku Klux Klan Context triple: [Reconstruction era, opposedBy, Ku Klux Klan]
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Gestapo
The Gestapo was Nazi Germany’s secret state police force, notorious for its brutal repression, surveillance, and central role in enforcing and carrying out the regime’s genocidal policies.
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Southern Christian Leadership Conference
The Southern Christian Leadership Conference is a prominent American civil rights organization, led in its early years by Martin Luther King Jr., that coordinated nonviolent protests and campaigns against racial segregation and discrimination.
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Committee on Civil Rights
The Committee on Civil Rights was a presidential advisory body established by Harry S. Truman to investigate civil rights issues in the United States and recommend federal actions to combat racial discrimination and segregation.
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16th Street Baptist Church
The 16th Street Baptist Church is a historic African American church in Birmingham, Alabama, best known as the site of a 1963 Ku Klux Klan bombing that killed four Black girls and became a pivotal moment in the Civil Rights Movement.
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E.
Illinois militia
The Illinois militia was a state military force in the early 19th century that organized and deployed volunteer soldiers for frontier defense and conflicts such as the Black Hawk War.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Ku Klux Klan Target entity description: The Ku Klux Klan is a white supremacist terrorist organization in the United States known for its violent campaigns against African Americans and other minority groups, especially during and after Reconstruction.
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A.
Gestapo
The Gestapo was Nazi Germany’s secret state police force, notorious for its brutal repression, surveillance, and central role in enforcing and carrying out the regime’s genocidal policies.
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B.
Puerto Rican Revolutionary Committee
The Puerto Rican Revolutionary Committee was a late 19th-century pro-independence organization that led anti-colonial efforts against Spanish rule and became a key symbol of Puerto Rican nationalism.
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Southern Christian Leadership Conference
The Southern Christian Leadership Conference is a prominent American civil rights organization, led in its early years by Martin Luther King Jr., that coordinated nonviolent protests and campaigns against racial segregation and discrimination.
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D.
Committee on Civil Rights
The Committee on Civil Rights was a presidential advisory body established by Harry S. Truman to investigate civil rights issues in the United States and recommend federal actions to combat racial discrimination and segregation.
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E.
16th Street Baptist Church
The 16th Street Baptist Church is a historic African American church in Birmingham, Alabama, best known as the site of a 1963 Ku Klux Klan bombing that killed four Black girls and became a pivotal moment in the Civil Rights Movement.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
far-right organization
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hate group ⓘ terrorist organization ⓘ white supremacist organization ⓘ |
| associatedWithCrime |
church bombings
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school desegregation violence ⓘ |
| classifiedAs | domestic terrorist organization by many scholars ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| firstEra | 1860s–1870s ⓘ |
| founded | 1865 ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Confederate heritage organizations
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surface form:
Confederate veterans
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| foundedIn | Pulaski, Tennessee ⓘ |
| foundedInPeriod | Reconstruction era ⓘ |
| hasSubgroups | various independent Klan organizations in the United States ⓘ |
| ideology |
Christian extremism
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antisemitism ⓘ nativism ⓘ racism ⓘ white nationalism ⓘ white supremacy ⓘ |
| membershipPolicy | restricted to white Protestants ⓘ |
| notableActivityRegion |
Midwestern United States
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Southern United States ⓘ western United States ⓘ
surface form:
Western United States
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| notableSymbol |
burning cross
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white hood ⓘ white robe ⓘ |
| opposedLegislation |
Civil Rights Act of 1964
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Reconstruction policies ⓘ Voting Rights Act of 1965 ⓘ |
| opposes |
Black Americans
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surface form:
African Americans
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form:
Catholics
Jews ⓘ civil rights movement ⓘ immigrants ⓘ |
| organizationalStructure |
cell-based organization
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secret society ⓘ |
| peakMembershipPeriod | 1920s ⓘ |
| religiousClaim | Protestant Christianity ⓘ |
| secondEra | 1915–1940s ⓘ |
| targetedGroup |
Black Americans
ⓘ
surface form:
African Americans
Freedom Rides ⓘ
surface form:
Freedom Riders
Republican politicians during Reconstruction ⓘ civil rights activists ⓘ labor organizers ⓘ |
| thirdEra | post–World War II ⓘ |
| usesTactics |
arson
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bombing ⓘ cross burning ⓘ intimidation ⓘ lynching ⓘ murder ⓘ terrorism ⓘ |
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Subject: Ku Klux Klan Description of subject: The Ku Klux Klan is a white supremacist terrorist organization in the United States known for its violent campaigns against African Americans and other minority groups, especially during and after Reconstruction.
Referenced by (32)
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