Ku Klux Klan
"KKK" redirects here. For other uses, see KKK (disambiguation). "Klansman" redirects here. For other uses, see Clansman (disambiguation). Ku Klux Klan Ku Klux Klan emblem In existence 1st Klan 1865–1871 2nd Klan 1915–1944 3rd Klan 1946–present Members 1st Klan Unknown 2nd Klan 3,000,000–6,000,000 [1] (peaked in 1924–1925) 3rd Klan 5,000–8,000 [2] Properties Political ideologies Neo-Confederate (first and third Klans) White supremacy White nationalism Nativism [3] Anti-immigration (second and third Klans) Anti-communism (third Klan) Christian terrorism [4] [5] Anti-Catholicism (second Klan) Temperance (second Klan) Antisemitism (second and third Klans) Christian Identity (second and third Klans) Anti-Europeanism Neo-fascism (third Klan) Neo-Nazism (third Klan) Anti-Islam (third Klan) Anti-LGBT (third Klan) Political position Far-right Espoused religion Protestantism (second Klan) [6] The Ku Klux Klan ( / ˈ k uː ˈ k l ʌ k s ˈ k l æ n , ˈ k j uː / ), [a] commonly