Klan
Americannoun
Other Word Forms
- Klanism noun
Example Sentences
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Mr. Davis is a blues musician and author of “The Klan Whisperer.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026
For a few years, Keyssar notes, the federal government was actively intervening to protect the rights of Black voters in the former Confederate states against entities such as the Ku Klux Klan.
From Salon • Nov. 25, 2025
Similar tactics were used against the Ku Klux Klan, Students for a Democratic Society, and Black Power groups.
From Slate • Aug. 30, 2025
Besides evil billionaires, Superman has taken on superpowered supervillains, alien invaders and even his clones, as well as human threats like Nazis and the Ku Klux Klan.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 12, 2025
He would spend years interviewing Klan leaders and sympathizers, sometimes taking advantage of his own background and lineage to pretend that he was on their side of the issues.
From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt
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