In December 1865, in Pulaski, Tennessee, six men who were previously officers in the Civil War decided to start a club, mainly for amusement. They chose to take on the name “kuklos,” which is the Greek word for circle. For fun, they galloped around town making a spectacle of themselves. They claimed not to have had a drink of water since the battle of Shiloh and also to live in hell. This frightened the Negroes. What began purely as a harmless, undisruptive group ended up being a violent hate assembly.

The Klan was rapidly spreading around the country. All over the South, people formed their own “Klans” with only a loose allegiance to the “mother-Klan in Pulaski.” These six founders however gave them no restraints or discipline because they did not even me

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