KKK

GPTKB entity

Statements (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Ku Klux Klan
gptkbp:activePeriod 1865–1871
1915–1944
post-1946 to present (various groups)
gptkbp:class hate group
domestic terrorist organization
gptkbp:declinedAfter public opposition
internal conflict
legal action
gptkbp:foundedIn gptkb:Pulaski,_Tennessee,_United_States
1865
gptkbp:fullName Ku Klux Klan
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label KKK
gptkbp:ideology gptkb:antisemitism
gptkb:racism
white supremacy
anti-Catholicism
nativism
far-right politics
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Lost_Cause_of_the_Confederacy
Reconstruction era politics
gptkbp:leaderTitle gptkb:Imperial_Wizard
gptkbp:mediaType gptkb:The_Birth_of_a_Nation_(1915_film)
gptkbp:membership secret society
varied over time, peaked in 1920s
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:March_on_Washington_(1925)
bombings and murders in 1960s
violent resistance to Civil Rights Movement
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:murder
gptkb:terrorist_attack
cross burning
hate crimes
intimidation of African Americans
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:law_enforcement
gptkb:Southern_Poverty_Law_Center
gptkb:Anti-Defamation_League
civil rights organizations
gptkbp:outlawedBy gptkb:Enforcement_Acts_(1870–1871)
gptkbp:peakMembership 3–6 million (1920s)
gptkbp:relatedGroup gptkb:African-American
gptkb:Jews
gptkb:Catholics
immigrants
LGBTQ people
other minorities
gptkbp:splinterGroups various independent Klan groups
gptkbp:symbol burning cross
white hood
white robe
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Anonymous
gptkb:Katipunan
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5