Later on. The original reconstruction-era klan didn't wear the fancy robes
and hoods the KKK is known for today. That Klan was suppressed by the
government in the late 19th century. The Klan was refounded in 1915 during
a meeting held on top of Stone Mountain, Georgia. That group, which
historians call the Second Era KKK, introduced all the things we associate
with the Klan today, such as the robes and pointed hoods, cross burning,
the weird titles for the leaders (eg. Grand wizard), and the hatred toward
immigrants, Catholics, and Jews (the original KKK only hated Blacks and
those whites who helped blacks).
The second era KKK was very influential in the 1920s, especially in the
midwest. Indiana had more than 300,000 Klansmen, including a number of
important politicians back then! After the decline of the second KKK,
independent groups using the Klan's appearance and ceremonies (like cross
burning), were found around the country. That's why there are so many KKK
groups today.
The history of it is fascinating. I did a lot of research for one of my
history classes a couple yrs ago. When I was a little kid, the KKK held a
parade in the Waynedale area of Fort Wayne, which is where I grew up and
where I now live. That was in 1982. When I was in high school, the largest
KKK in the country was headquartered in a small town 15 miles north of
Fort Wayne, and the group's leader went on Jerry Springer THREE TIMES!
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On 4/12/12 12:02 PM, "Bob Whitmire" <bwhitmire@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>That doesn't surprise me. The similarities are just too close. But how
>did a bunch of racist buttheads during Reconstruction know about the
>Spanish costumes. Or did the robes come into vogue later on?
>
>
>On Apr 12, 2012, at 7:31 AM, Chris Crawford wrote:
>
>> Bob, I thought the same thing about the costumes worn by the people in
>> Nathan's photos. The Ku Klux Klan is said to have modeled their infamous
>> robes and hoods after the traditional Spanish ones shown in these
>>pictures.
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