The Klan was conceived amid the anxious days after the Civil War. It was disbanded in 1869 due to disobedience of the Klan hierarchy by Imperial Wizard Nathan Bradford Forrest. Instead of obeying the Imperial Wizard, the Klansmen did the opposite and continued to operate privately as well as politically. As times and conditions changed, the Invisible Empire was lawfully brought to an end two years after its supposed termination. However, post-war restlessness, new waves of immigration, and other factors during the 1920s had revived the
