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Periodically violent movements spawn. One such example of this is the Ku Klux Klan. This racist group sprouted up after the Reconstruction era and again in the 1920’s. The KKK had a hatred towards blacks and any other racial minority, taking into consideration that this was an all white group. Groups such as the KKK would stop at nothing to achieve their goals. The Ku Klux Klan was formed as a social club after Reconstruction. A Confederate General, Nathan Bedford Forrest, was the Klan's first leade