Ku Klux Klan The First Era The Klan; what started life as a small social group of confederate veterans in 1865, has since become the country’s oldest and most recognized terrorist group. The group, which was formed on a December night in Pulaski, Tennessee, mostly due to boredom of small town life, quickly grew in numbers to the allure of the secrecy surrounding the group. Since the group’s purpose was to curb the boredom …showed first 75 words of 1479 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1479 total…otherwise there would be no reason to physically or emotionally harm any one group of people. The Klan’s following increases after an influx of minorities into society or an increase of power to a specific minority group, the Klan may become less prominent in society after they get there point across or legal action against them becomes to much, but the Klan will always remain as long as people have these white supremacy ideals.