who really started the KKK
Contemporary reporting and historical summaries agree the Ku Klux Klan began in the wake of the Civil War in Pulaski, Tennessee, in 1865 as a group formed by six Confederate veterans; that first organ...
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Contemporary reporting and historical summaries agree the Ku Klux Klan began in the wake of the Civil War in Pulaski, Tennessee, in 1865 as a group formed by six Confederate veterans; that first organ...
Holocaust deniers deploy a small set of recurring claims: that the scale and mechanics of the Holocaust were exaggerated, that documentary and testimonial evidence is unreliable or fabricated, and tha...
Reporting documents a mix of direct, indirect, and disputed ties between members of the Trump family and white supremacist organizations or figures: Donald J. Trump has repeatedly been embraced by whi...
Available reporting in the supplied sources documents that white supremacist David Duke has made endorsements in recent election cycles — notably for Donald Trump in 2016 and 2020 (and later for non‑R...
David Duke, the former Ku Klux Klan leader, publicly endorsed Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein on his radio show in mid‑October 2024, citing her opposition to the war in Gaza and criticis...
Public records and contemporary reporting show Donald Trump has changed party registration multiple times: he registered as a Republican in 1987, joined the Reform Party in 1999, registered as a Democ...
White‑nationalist figures and networks have repeatedly used genetic ancestry claims to shore up racial identity, with documented cases ranging from individual test results prompting identity repair to...
Holocaust denial is promoted today by a mix of long‑standing agitators (David Irving, Ernst Zündel), extremist networks and modern online subcultures including white supremacists and some Islamist pol...
Social platforms act as both amplifier and organizer for MAGA-aligned messages: academic network analysis finds #MAGA serving as a connective hashtag that linked mainstream supporters with far‑right a...
Donald Trump has, on multiple public occasions, used language that explicitly condemns the Ku Klux Klan and similar white-supremacist groups—most notably calling the KKK and neo-Nazis “repugnant” afte...
David Duke — the former Ku Klux Klan leader — publicly endorsed Green Party presidential nominee Jill Stein in October 2024, announcing the endorsement on his own radio program and citing her oppositi...