Ku Klux Klan (KKK)
radical white-supremacist organization in the United States
Ku Klux Klan
KKK redirects here. For other uses, see
KKK (disambiguation). Ku Klux Klan (KKK) is the name of several past and present organizations in the
United States that have advocated
white supremacy,
anti-Semitism,
anti-Catholicism,
racism,
homophobia,
anti-Communism and
nativism. These organizations have often used terrorism, violence, and acts of intimidation, such as
cross burning and
lynching, to oppress
African Americans and other social or ethnic groups.
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Ku Klux Klan
Noun
1. 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
(synonym) Klan, KKK
(hypernym) secret society
(member-meronym) klavern
(classification) South
Ku Klux Klan
n.
ku klux klan, K.K.K., radical white-supremacist organization in the United States
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