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Klan

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Klan  (kln)
n.
The Ku Klux Klan.
Klan [klæn]
n
(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) (Historical Terms) (usually preceded by the) short for Ku Klux Klan
Klanism  n
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Noun1.Klan - a secret society of white Southerners in the United StatesKlan - a secret society of white Southerners in the United States; was formed in the 19th century to resist the emancipation of slaves; used terrorist tactics to suppress Black people
KKK, Ku Klux Klan
act of terrorism, terrorism, terrorist act - the calculated use of violence (or the threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature; this is done through intimidation or coercion or instilling fear
klavern - a local unit of the Ku Klux Klan
South - the region of the United States lying to the south of the Mason-Dixon line
grand dragon - a high ranking person in the Ku Klux Klan
Klansman, Kluxer, Ku Kluxer - a member of the Ku Klux Klan
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A timeline opens the text, followed by six loosely chronological chapters covering the following themes: origin of the Klan, its growth after the release of the 1915 film Birth of a Nation, Klan terrorism during the Civil Rights era, attempts to depict a "cleaner" clan after 1970, the Klan philosophy, and the demographics and motivations of members.
The Ku Klux Klan; a guide to an American subculture by Reference & Research Book News
But in those long-ago days of 1965, the Ku Klux Klan was active in the Goldsboro, N.
Not long ago, this moment unimaginable by The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
AN AGEING member of the Ku Klux Klan was jailed for three life terms yesterday for his role in the abduction and murder of two black teenagers in 1964.
Klan killer jailed after 43 years by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
 
 
 
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