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Ku Klux Klan

Ku Klux Klan

 
pronunciation:
ku kluks klaen
part of speech: noun
definition 1: a secret society organized and active in the southern United States after the Civil War, which sought to regain white supremacy over newly freed blacks.
definition 2: a secret society founded in Georgia in 1915 that was inspired by the earlier Ku Klux Klan and uses terrorist tactics to achieve segregation of blacks and to further the cause of white supremacy.