The Ku Klux Klan is perhaps the most famous of all hate groups in America. Originally founded at the end of the Civil War, the Ku Klux Klan was a white supremacist group that used violence and intimidation in order to reassert white domination in the United States. The Klan's attacks were directed at Blacks, Jews, Catholics, immigrants and other minority groups. It has long been notorious for its unmistakable symbols of the KKK , the …showed first 75 words of 860 total…

…showed last 75 words of 860 total…the clergy, the press and a growing number of politicians. Then, in 1927, a group of rebellious Klansmen in Pennsylvania broke away from the invisible empire. Americans was clearly tired of the divisive effect the masks, robes and burning crosses had on their communities. State and local governments passed laws against cross burnings and masks. By the early 1950's, membership in the invisible empire was at its lowest level since its rebirth on Stone Mountain in 1915