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A history of the Ku Klux Klan founded in 1866 by six young men in Pulaski, Tennessee. Describes the brutal activities of this terrorist group against former slaves who tried to exercise their rights as free citizens. Provides personal accounts as well as information from other primary sources. Includes photographs, newspaper and magazine illustrations, and a civil rights timeline from 1863 through 2008.