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When did the KKK form?
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The Ku Klux Klan was founded in 1865, after the Confederate army fell, by southerners who wanted to protect white supremacy by attacking blacks, Catholics, Jews and native Americans. The original KKK was not as organized or influential as the various splinter groups that formed afterwards. The Klan experienced a huge surge in membership during the 1920s, but the organization declined in the 1970s due to internal divisions, poor public relations and more aggressive civil rights campaigning by African-Americans. The KKK remains a fringe and controversial organization today.