The Ku Klux Klan is a terrorist organization that was created and supported after the American Civil War by former Confederate soldiers with the aim of pursuing and murdering blacks.
The founding of the Ku Klux Klan happened between 1865 and 1866 in Pulaski, a small town in the interior of Tennessee. The founders of the Klan were six former members of the Confederate Army, troops who fought for southern states seeking separation during the American Civil War.