As far as America is concerned, the Ku Klux Klan has left an indelible mark on the political and social arena, the effects of which can still be felt today. It has been in existence since various periods across America’s history and was started in the 1860s (Chalmers 87). It was started by ex-Confederate war veterans, consisting mostly of Southern white males, who got together and created a social club. Many scholars assert that it was created as during the Reconstruction Era, and a result of boredom amongst whites in the Southern belt in America, as well as anger with the post American Civil War (Chalmers 86). This marked the era of the first Ku Klux Klan and went on till the early 1870s (Boyle 108).
It was then in 1915 that the second Klan
It was then in 1915 that the second Klan