Jan 16, 2026
Most ViewedWho started the KKK
The Ku Klux Klan was first created as a post–Civil War fraternal and white-supremacist organization by a small group of former Confederate veterans in Pulaski, Tennessee, in late 1865/early 1866; that...
D. W. Griffith
American filmmaker (1875–1948)
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4 resultsJan 19, 2026
Most ViewedWhat is the origin of the Ku Klux Klan's use of cross burning in the United States?
The Ku Klux Klan’s use of cross burning in the United States has roots in a much older Scottish signaling custom but was invented as a Klan practice in the early 20th century after being popularized i...
Jan 16, 2026
Most ViewedHow did D.W. Griffith’s The Birth of a Nation and Thomas Dixon’s novel shape the 1915 Klan revival led by William J. Simmons?
D.W. Griffith’s The Birth of a Nation and Thomas Dixon Jr.’s novel The Clansman supplied the ideological script, imagery, and a popular soundtrack for William J. Simmons’s 1915 rebirth of the Ku Klux ...
Oct 1, 2025
What biblical passages have been misused by the KKK to justify their actions?
The supplied materials identify a consistent pattern: the Ku Klux Klan has historically misappropriated multiple biblical passages and symbols—including the Kloran’s scriptural imagery, the story of P...