Facts you didn’t know about the KKK – Few groups are as hated as the Ku Klux Klan (aka KKK). Their core philosophy is one of discrimination and hatred. They also have a long history of using violence to get their misdirected point across to others.
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In addition to the hooded outfits, cross burning and endless fires, there are a lot of facts you probably don’t know about this organization.
A few facts that didn’t make the list are pretty bizarre. For example, did you know Zach Galifianakis interviewed the Grand Wizard of the KKK? It happened as an episode of Comedy Central’s show Dog Bites Man. The most pressing question has to be when he asked the Grand Wizard if he’d ever seen the movie Big Momma’s House 2. Galifianakis considers this moment a major career highlight.
Also, you may not have known the KKK is not just one group. There have been several Klan groups that started up only to disband. There are really three eras, the first was after the Civil War, but didn’t last long. The most successful was the Klan from the early 1900s that hated pretty much everyone, including alcohol. With millions of members, they were a force to reckon with and were the group that introduced the burning crosses. This group pretty much went away by the 1930s. After the civil rights movement the group started back up, although more modestly than today and continues on in its current form where its many entities spread out and not just one group. More recently, the hacker group Anonymous has released the hidden identities of approximately 1,000 members based primarily in the United States, rumored to include politicians and state senators.
Looking for more? We’ve got black cops, Superman and of course, David Duke. Here are 15 things you didn’t know about the KKK:
15. Witness Protection
Frazier Glenn Miller Jr. was a Green Beret in the US Army and also started the Ku Klux Klan chapter (Carolina Knights). His group was active, planning to assassinate Morris Dees, a civil rights attorney. Miller was caught and ordered not partake in any military activities. He didn’t listen and was caught with weapons that included grenades. How did he get busted? Police arrested him in the back seat of a car with a trans sex worker that was black. He got out of serving time by being an FBI informant and being granted immunity. He then went on to write a book, do the talk show circuit, among other things. Miller couldn’t stay away from his evil side though, eventually shooting three people outside a Jewish center while shouting “Heil Hitler.”
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