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The KKK Began in Tennessee in 1865
On Christmas Eve 1865, six bored Confederate veterans gathered in a law office in Pulaski, Tennessee. They wanted to start a secret club with funny rituals and costumes.
Within two years, their little fraternity had transformed into something far darker, and the violence that followed would reshape American history for generations.
The name they chose that night still carries weight 160 years later.
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They Named It After a Greek Word
The six founders were Frank McCord, Richard Reed, John Lester, John Kennedy, J. Calvin Jones, and James Crowe…