1865 Ku Klux Klan founded, Pulaski, TN

The first branch of the Ku Klux Klan was established in Pulaski, Tennessee, in May, 1866. A year later a general organization of local Klans was established in Nashville in April, 1867. Most of the leaders were former members of the Confederate Army and the first Grand Wizard was Nathan Bedford Forrest, a general during the American Civil War.

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