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[quote=Anonymous]KU KLUX KLAN
Founders

Frank O. McCord
Richard R. Reed
John C. Lester
James R. Crowe
J. Calvin Jones
John B. Kennedy

The Ku Klux Klan soon spread into nearly every southern state, launching a "reign of terror" against Republican leaders both black and white. Those assassinated during the campaign included Arkansas Congressman James M. Hinds, three members of the South Carolina legislature, and several men who had served in constitutional conventions."[3]

In 1867, at a meeting in Nashville, Tennessee an effort was made to create a hierarchical organization with local chapters reporting to county leaders, counties reporting to districts, districts reporting to states, and states reporting to a national headquarters. The proposals, in a document called the "Prescript," were written by George Gordon, a former Confederate brigadier general. The Prescript included inspirational language about the goals of the Klan along with a list of questions to be asked of applicants for membership, which confirmed the focus on resisting Reconstruction and the Republican Party.[4]

http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Ku_Klux_Klan
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