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KKK Pamphlet cover
This pamphlet was by Colonel William Joseph Simmons, Imperial Wizard and Emperor of the Invisible Empire, Knights of the Ku Klux Klan. Original pamphlet located in the MASC collections in Holland Library, Washington State…

KKK Nathan Bedford Forrest, Leader of the KKK.
Nathan Bedford Forrest (July 13, 1821 – October 29, 1877). . http://www.sonofthesouth.net/leefoundation/Confederate_Generals.htm, accessed 11/30/15, picture in public domain.

Three Ku Klux Klan members arrested in Tishomingo County, Mississippi, September 1871, for the attempted murder of an entire family "History of the Ku Klux Klan - Preach the Cross". preachthecross.net. Accessed 11/30/15.

KKK Membership Pamphlet, mission and goals, statements of purpose.

Photograph shows shrouded members of the Klan in the background with the candidates kneeling before them, an American flag, and a cross with three bright lights; one Klansman holds an American flag.

KKK recruitment pamphlet stating goals and ideals as well as requirements for joining.

After the war ended, the thousands of African American freedmen who fought for both the North or the South had trouble finding support for equal rights.

This photograph depicts an early KKK of 1870, Division 289 from Watertown, New York. At this point of the KKK existence, members did not always hide their identity.

Black and white photograph depicting large meeting of Ku Klux Klan members in a field at night beneath burning cross.

Masked Ku Klux Klan member riding in car, holding noose outside window during a parade through an African American neighborhood of Miami on the night before a primary election.

The third national flag of the Confederate States of America, known as "the Blood Stained Banner" has been used since March 4th, 1865.

The first national flag used by the Confederate States of America from March 4th, 1861 to May 26th, 1863. Nicknamed "the Stars and Bars".

Four versions of the flag of the Confederate States of America are shown on this print from 1896. Standing at the center are Stonewall Jackson, P. G. T. Beauregard, and Robert E. Lee, surrounded by bust portraits of Jefferson Davis and Confederate…