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Noun Named Entity
Categories: Christianity-related controversies, Lynching in the United States, Anti-Italian sentiment, Reconstruction Era, 1865 establishments in Tennessee
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Ku Klux Klan  Klan  KKK  Grand kleagle  KKK Costume
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A secret society of white Southerners in the United States; was formed in the 19th century to resist the emancipation of slaves; used terrorist tactics to suppress Black people WordNet 3.0
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A secret society of white Southerners in the United States; was formed in the 19th century to resist the emancipation of slaves; used terrorist tactics to suppress Black people WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
The Ku Klux Klan, commonly shortened to the KKK or the Klan is the name of several historical and current American white supremacist, far-right terrorist organizations and hate groups. Wikipedia
A white supremacy group Wikipedia Disambiguation
American white supremacist terrorist hate group Wikidata
An American white supremacist secret society and terrorist organization. Wiktionary
Ku Klux Klan. Wiktionary (translation)
IS A
terrorist organization
secret society
hate group
terrorist organization
criminal organization
+1 relations
HAS PART
United Klans of America
Kleagle
Grand Wizard
HAS KIND
game design document
Knights of the Ku Klux Klan
Bobby Frank Cherry
Byron De La Beckwith
HAS INSTANCE
Black Legion
U.S. Klans
CATEGORY DOMAIN
terrorism
DEPICTED BY
The Birth of a Nation
DESCRIBED BY SOURCE
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
DIFFERENT FROM
capirote
FIELD OF WORK
right-wing terrorism
FOLLOWED BY
Knights of the Ku Klux Klan
FOUNDED BY
Nathan Bedford Forrest
LOCATION OF FORMATION
Pulaski
POLITICAL IDEOLOGY
anti-Catholicism
nativism
white supremacy
anti-communism
white nationalism
+2 relations
REGION DOMAIN
South
SIGNIFICANT EVENT
Reconstruction
SIGNIFICANT PLACE
South
MEMBER MERONYM
grand dragon
Klansman
klavern
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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Ku Klux Klan, Klan, KKK
Wikipedia
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Ku Klux Klan
Wikidata
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Ku Klux Klan
Wiktionary
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Ku Klux Klan
Wikipedia Redirections
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Bryan Prince, Clu Clux Clan, Cu Clux Clan, Exalted Cyclops, Frank Ancona, Grand kleagle, Grand Kleagle, Invisible Empire of the South, K. K. K., K.K.K., K k k, KKK, KKK costume, KKK Costume, KKK hood design, KKK outside the United States of America, Klan hood, Klan member, Klan national organization, Klans, Klansmen, Klanswoman, Klanswomen, Klanton, Klu Klux Klan, Klux, Knights Militant, Knights of the KKK, Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, Knights Party, Koo-klux-klan, Koo Klux Klan, Ku-Klux, Ku-Klux-Klan, Ku-Klux Klan, Ku Klux, Ku Klux Clan, Ku klux klan, Ku Klux Klan costume, Ku Klux Klan hood, Ku Kluxism, Kuklux Clan, KuKluxKlan, Notable Ku Klux Klan members in national politics, second KKK, second Klan, Second Ku Klux Klan, Supreme Kingdom, The invisible empire of the south, The K. K. K., The K.K.K., The K K K, the KKK, the Klan, The Klu Klux Klan, The Knight's Party, The knights party, the Ku Klux Klan, third Klan
Wikidata Alias
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Caballeros del Ku Klux Klan, el Klan, KKK, Klan, Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, The Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, The Ku Klux Klan

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