Klansville USA

Today in class we watched a documentary on the Ku Klux Klan. This documentary is specifically about the KKK during the 1960's in North Carolina, which became known as Klansville USA.

The KKK formed out of the wake of the civil war. It was formed by a group of decommissioned confederate officers in Tennessee in the year 1865. However the government quickly cracked down on KKK violence and the clan went dormant for about 50 years until the 1920's. The KKK's membership exploded in the 1920's it grew up to 4 million people in the united states. With that many members they helped control political elections and many other important social issues.

By the 1960's the KKK was a very strong organization, but the civil rights movement also became very big and clashes began to happen. As the civil rights movement grew the KKK grew right along with it. The KKK held hundreds of rallies and meetings in just north Carolina alone in the 1960's, these meetings could rally hundreds of thousands of people all in support of the KKK.

Eventually the clans strength greatly diminished after the leader was accused of siphoning money away from the KKK. Many of the members left the KKK shortly after he was found guilty of said embezzlement. However even in todays world the clan is still prevalent and is still in existence although not nearly as strong as they once were.