The Ku Klux Klan was formed in 1866 in Pulaski, Tennessee as a secret organization that aimed to prevent Black people from voting and gaining equal rights after the Civil War. The KKK used tactics like violence and intimidation against newly freed slaves and Republicans. At its peak in the 1920s, the KKK had millions of members and targeted other groups like Jews, Catholics and immigrants in addition to Black people and Republicans. Over time federal laws were passed to curb the KKK's activities and many members were prosecuted for crimes, though offshoots still exist today espousing white supremacist ideals.

2. THE KU KLUX KLAN KKK

3. END OF AMERICAN CIVIL WAR IN 1865 FREEMAN’S BUREAU

4. 1866 PRESIDENT ANDREW JOHNSON VETOED SOME IMPROVEMENTS

5. SOUTHERN BLACK CODES

6. - VOTE -BE JURY -TO TESTIFY -A WEAPON -WORK

7. 1867 THE FIRST RECONSTRUCTION ACT

8. ULTIMATE GOAL OF KKK PREVENT BLACK PEOPLE TO VOTE

9. 1st KKK 1866 PULASKI, TENNESSEE

10. KKK 1867 NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE

11. THE MEMBERS: CONFEDERATE ARMY

12. MASK WHITE HAT DRAPED IN WHITE SHEETS

13. 1868 - 1870 RESTORING THE WHITE RULE

14. OBJECTIVE KKK -WHITE SUPREMACY -STOP BLACK PEOPLE TO VOTE

15. INVISIBLE EMPIRE OF THE SOUTH

17. 1871 THE CONGRESS GAVE THE POWER

18. 1915 KKK WAS REFORMED 1920 ANNUAL CONFERENCE

20. CATHOLICS

21. SOCIALISTS

22. COMMUNISTS

24. AFTER CONVICTION OF KLAN LEADER 1944 KKK WAS DISBANDED

25. 1950 CIVIL RIGHT MOVEMENT NOT TO VOTE

26. LYNCHING BY A MOB

27. THE ALL-WHITE JURY FOUND THE KKK RESPONSIBLE 1987

28. 1997 A MEMBER OF KKK WAS EXECUTED

29. TODAY THE KNIGHTS OF THE KKK AMERICA