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ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY:December 24,1865 KKK founded In Pulaski, Tennessee, a group of Confederate veterans convenes to form a secret society that they christen the “Ku Klux Klan.” The KKK rapidly grew from a secret social fraternity to a paramilitary force bent on reversing the federal government’s progressive Reconstruction era-activities in the South, especially policies that elevated the rights of the local Black population. https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/kkk-founded?cmpid=email-hist-tdih-2023-1224-12242023&om_rid=4db4988918fc0ba1f9725b0b7feaed59af7c45e96fdc463730ef7a247b2920c5