is the KKK still around??

Question

If so are they "active"? where do they meet??

Just to clarify.. i am just curius..I am not like that at all.

Answer 1

G'day Cutemamma330,

Thanks for the question.

The KKK is still active but luckily has declined in popularity.

Founded by veterans of the Confederate Army, its main purpose was to resist Reconstruction, and it focused as much on intimidating "carpetbaggers" and "scalawags" as on putting down the freed slaves. It quickly adopted violent methods. A rapid reaction set in, with the Klan's leadership disowning it, and Southern elites seeing the Klan as an excuse for federal troops to continue their activities in the South. The organization was in decline from 1868 to 1870, and was destroyed in the early 1870s by President Ulysses S. Grant's vigorous action under the Civil Rights Act of 1871 (also known as the Ku Klux Klan Act).

The founding in 1915 of a second distinct group using the same name was inspired by the newfound power of the modern mass media, via the film The Birth of a Nation and inflammatory anti-Semitic newspaper accounts surrounding the trial and lynching of accused murderer Leo Frank. The second KKK was a formal membership organization, with a national and state structure, that paid thousands of men to organize local chapters all over the country. Millions joined, and at its peak in the 1920s the organization included about 15% of the nation's eligible population.

The name "Ku Klux Klan" has since been used by many different unrelated groups, including many who opposed the Civil Rights Act and desegregation in the 1950s and '60s, with members of these groups eventually being convicted of murder and manslaughter in the deaths of Civil Rights workers and children (such as in the bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Alabama). Today, dozens of organizations with chapters across the United States and other countries use all or part of the name in their titles, but their total membership is estimated to be only a few thousand. These groups, with operations in separated small local units, are considered extreme hate groups. The modern KKK has been repudiated by all mainstream media and political and religious leaders.

As of 2005, there were an estimated 3,000 Klan members, divided among 158 chapters of a variety of splinter organizations, about two-thirds of which were in former Confederate states. The other third are primarily in the Midwest.

The ACLU has provided legal support to various factions of the KKK in defense of their First Amendment rights to hold public rallies, parades, and marches, and their right to field political candidates.

In a July 2005 incident, a Hispanic man's house was burned down in Hamilton, Ohio, after accusations that he sexually assaulted a nine-year-old white girl. Klan members in Klan robes showed up afterward to distribute pamphlets. In May 2006, a Ku Klux Klan group led an anti-immigration march in Russellville, Alabama.

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Regards

Answer 2

Um.. are you kidding me? Have you ever been to the South? I don't know where they meet but there are a whole series of things they identify themselves with. Like sometimes stores will have symbols in their front windows. They could be owned by the KKK. I'm sure that they have their own grounds on which they practice their beliefs. So yeah they are as real as the large number of terrorist groups which has bases in the US. Even the Mexican mafia is starting to buy large chunks of land in the US(Stoners that is where you money is going). That however is the price of freedom. They can operate in the open. I mean the freemasons have lodges all over the US. Crazy stuff huh? There is even a senator that is a member of the KKK, can't remember his name though.

Answer 3

Unfortunately they're still with us. At this point the KKK is a loose affiliation of groups with similar ideas but little else in common. Some are more 'active' than others - in terms of how often they meet, the nature and size of such gatherings, and how (or even if) they interact with the local community. They'll meet wherever the local group feels is most convenient, safe, or suitable for their purposes - it could be someones living room or an open field.

Answer 4

Yes, they are still around. Still hiding behind the white sheets. Some one of them, are right here on Yahoo. I am surprise you have not ran across some of the Yahoo answers and questions. Yes, the KKK is still alive and well. Have a good weekend.

Answer 5

They are here in South Carolina, but not too active right now. There was some church burnings, and instead of suing the KKK for arson, which they can never win, they sued the grand dragon, for inciting violence. It wiped out the funds of the local KKK, so they'll be quiet for awhile.
The senator was from here, too. Strom Thurmond, but he denounced it later (after blacks got the vote)--yeah, he was that old!

Answer 6

Yes, unfortunately, they are. They are not as strong as they once were, but they hold their rallies and disturb decent people when they can. There are thousands of KKK-inspired groups as well. And it's my understanding that Pennsylvania, of all places, has the highest number of white supremacist groups in the US. They have their meetings at all kinds of locations and often go out and try to recruit young people to join in places like arcades and malls. It's a terrible organization with a lot of spineless, cowardly losers who take advantage of confused teens.

Answer 7

Unfortunately yes they around I am not sure how widespread they are but they are still active and as for meeting you would probably have to find a member to tell you that I am not one so I don't know

Answer 8

Is Kkk Still Around

Answer 9

Yes they are still around. Fortunately they are no longer a force in politics. They are not simply a nuisance who randomly demonstrate trying to provoke people with their idiotic ideology.

Answer 10

Yes in the southern states.