Friday marks the 100th anniversary of the day Kansas closed a dark chapter in its history and became the first state to ban ...

The Ku Klux Klan targeted Black, immigrant, Jewish and Catholic people in the 1920s. The 1954 Brown v Topeka case was an important turning point in the civil rights movement, as it showed that the ...

An excerpt from "Ku Klux Klan: The Invisible Empire", a CBS Reports documentary from 1965 that traces the history of the Ku Klux Klan including its 1915 resurgence inspired by the silent film ...

Taken from home surveillance video, the images show three figures wearing white sheets with eyes cut out over the top of blue jeans. Underneath the white cloak appears to be a pointed hat – giving the ...

Jones' story illuminates our understanding of the KKK's long history generally, and in particular provides a lens to consider the questions that follow. 1. How big a threat is the KKK in the U.S ...

The Southern Poverty Law Center no longer lists any Klan chapters in Florida. That wasn’t always the case. The boomtown 1920s ...

Passengers on board an Australian cruise ship were left horrified after several members of the ship's cleaning crew accidentally donned all-white attire and pointed hats that resembled the uniform of ...

national resurgence of the KKK that tried to appeal to the masses to generate support -- and ultimately millions of dollars for its leadership. By the 1920s, Oregon already had a long history of ...

The ad does have a basis in history, as there were several times in ... Montgomery then cut his boss’s throat with a pocket knife. KKK members in the area wanted to lynch Montgomery, but the ...