A white supremacist group originating in the Southern United States, Infamous for their white hoods (known as capirote), burning crosses, lynchings targeting non-whites, most often Black people, and other murders.
Established in the aftermath of the American Civil War as a backlash against the newly freed slaves. Revived in the 1920s after the theaterical release of "Birth Of A Nation", and again after World War II.
