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Historians usually classify the KKK as a part of the post-Civil War insurgent violence related not only to the high variety of veterans within the inhabitants, but also to their effort to manage the dramatically changed social state of affairs through the use of extrajudicial means to restore white supremacy. From Sun Tzu to Xbox: War and Video Games (1 ed.). The Ku Klux Klan was considered one of a number of secret, oath-bound organizations using violence, which included the Southern Cross in New Orleans (1865) and the Knights of the White Camelia (1867) in Louisiana. In addition to its energetic membership, the Klan has an "unknown variety of associates and supporters". A 2016 report by the Anti-Defamation League claims an estimate of simply over 30 active Klan teams present within the United States. From September 1923 there were two Ku Klux Klan organizations: the one based by Simmons and led by Evans with its energy primarily within the southern United States, and a breakaway group led by Grand Dragon D. C. Stephenson based in Evansville, Indiana with its membership primarily in the midwestern United States. |
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