Klan

Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest died in 1877, yet the slave trader and Klan leader still haunts the American landscape.
The Fight Over Monuments of Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest Holds a Lesson About Whiteness in America|Connor Towne O’Neill|July 13, 2020|Time
He affected an anchorman finesse in apologizing for “past mistakes” as a Ku Klux Klan leader.
The Louisiana Racists Who Courted Steve Scalise|Jason Berry|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST
And his last known affiliation with the Klan was almost 70 years ago, in 1946.
Steve Scalise and the Right’s Ridiculous Racial Blame Game|Michael Tomasky|January 2, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Yes, Byrd—dead four-and-a-half years now—was a Kleagle in the Ku Klux Klan.
Steve Scalise and the Right’s Ridiculous Racial Blame Game|Michael Tomasky|January 2, 2015|DAILY BEAST

The area is 98 percent white, and the Klan has a strong foothold even to this very day.
What Would Happen if I Got in White Cop’s Face?|Goldie Taylor|December 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
If they are interested in changing, why do they continue to call themselves the Ku Klux Klan?
The Klan’s Call to Violence in Ferguson Blows the Lid Off Its Hypocritical Rebrand|Caitlin Dickson|November 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The Ku Klux Klan, when we pushed our rights, came in between us, and we did not know what to do.
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States|Various
In one case a man who stood very high in the Johnson City Klan was talking with me about a public demonstration.
The Modern Ku Klux Klan|Henry Peck Fry
The attacks on the Klan by the Staff were the subjects of many discussions, and it was decided to “put a muzzle on the paper.”
The Modern Ku Klux Klan|Henry Peck Fry
Accordingly many advertisers quietly suggested to the publisher of the paper that he “lay off” the Ku Klux Klan.
The Modern Ku Klux Klan|Henry Peck Fry
Some of them were valuable pieces of documentary evidence to sustain the case made against the Klan by the World.
The Modern Ku Klux Klan|Henry Peck Fry

British Dictionary definitions for Klan

Klan

/ (klæn) /

noun

the Klan short for Ku Klux Klan

Derived forms of Klan

Klanism, noun

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