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Definition :

The name adopted in the southern part of the United States by a secret political organization active for several years after the close of the Civil War and having for its aim the repression of the political power of the freed negroes called also Kuklux Klan and the Klan It exerienced a revival in the 1920s in the north as well as the south and persists as a weak organization into the 1990s Its goals were primarily anti negro and anti Catholic and its tactics included terrorist attacks on negroes for the purpose of intimidation with the goal of continuing segregation The signature activity of the Klan was the burning of a cross either at rallies of Klansmen or on the property of African Americans which they hoped to intimidate