The Ku Klux Klan

Secret organizations seem to pop up at almost every turn on the pages of history, but there is one that is not-so-secret and has been on the American conscience since the end of the Civil War. This organization has existed under the same name under several different iterations, with each permutation carrying the same spirit of racial terrorism as its driving force. This insidious group, which has existed in some form since late 1865, is known as the Ku Klux Klan.