Ku Klux Klan - An American History | Part 1 | Free Documentary History

Ku Klux Klan - An American History: Part 1 | American History DocumentaryWatch 'Ku Klux Klan - An American History: Part 2' here: https://youtu.be/Lfqq2iu2pFoThe Ku Klux Klan is the oldest terrorist group in the United States. This secret society, createdin 1865, has survived throughout the decades and has always managed to rise from its ashes.It has been making the news for over 150 years. 150 years of hatred, racism and horror. Acruel history whose demons still haunt America.Part 1: In 1865, a handful of Southern Civil War veterans founded a secret society: the KuKlux Klan. Very quickly, the Klan instituted a reign of terror among the recently freed blackpopulation. Murders and lynchings were common. In Washington, Congress launched anoffensive against the invisible empire, which was officially destroyed in 1872. The Ku KluxKlan was reborn in 1915 thanks to the film The Birth of a Nation by D. W. Griffith. Under newleadership, it evolved to fit into an America undergoing major changes and broadened itstrade in hatred. The KKK became anti-immigrant, anti-urban, anti-communist, anti-Semitic,and anti-Catholic. Nearly four million Americans joined what would become a highlyinfluential mass lobbying organization. But at the end of the 1920s, scandals and theeconomic crisis weakened the movement, which eventually disappeared again after theSecond World War.▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬Subscribe Free Documentary - History Channel for free: https://bit.ly/2FjRPgVJoin the club and become a Free Documentary Patron: https://www.patreon.com/freedocumentaryFacebook: https://bit.ly/2QfRxbGTwitter: https://bit.ly/2QlwRiI▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬#FreeDocumentary #Documentary #AmericanHistory▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬Free Documentary - History is dedicated to bringing high-class documentaries to you on YouTube for free. You will see fascinating animations showing the past from a new perspective and explanations by renowned historians that make history come alive.Enjoy stories about people and events that formed the world we live in.