Prepare to have your mind blown: the REAL history of the KKK

Unearth the enigmatic origins of the Ku Klux Klan through the shadows of the founders, who shrouded themselves in sheets and embarked on midnight horseback rides through the eerie streets of Pulaski. The lingering echoes of their spectral presence captivated their minds, leading them to adopt the sheets as the haunting emblem of the Klan, accompanied by grotesque masks and towering pointed hats. Journey through the chilling transformation of the Ku Klux Klan, as the specter of terror emerged from their misguided beginnings, enveloping communities in a web of fear and violence that defied all expectations.
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[@nytn]

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[@Nunzio1911]

The Federal government indirectly created the Klan, as a result of the injustices and corruption of the Reconstruction period. The South was treated as a conquered nation. White Southerners lost their ability to vote or hold political offices. To Southerners, you couldn't leave the Union and you couldn't participate in it. Northern politicians marched armies of blacks to voting booths to place carpetbaggers in office. The South was also under martial law. Some whites resorted to vigilantism. Riding and wearing ghost like sheets to scare blacks from voting. Not justifying their existence, but as a Southerner, I understand how their existence came about.

[@martinwoyzeck2634]

I knew most of the KKK. I didn't know that it was biggest at the beginning in Indiana and Oregon. I'm from Oregon. Definitely racism here, didn't know the KKK background

[@idcook]

I do. You actually lit on it but allowed your present understanding to muddle the information. Yes, the KKK started out among three friends as just a way to do something peculiar during local parades. They chose the name because it sounded odd (standing out for being odd their initial intent.) Their costumes were colorful with banners and such attached. However, others began to mimic the act and something along the lines of local clubs or chapters began to develop. Unfortunately, some members among these clubs decided they could use the disguise for other purposes. Namely, to harass recently freed Black people who they had some gripe about. The activity grew to become the sole purpose people would join the KKK. The originators, who’d had no such intent, eventually quit and disavowed having any association to the KKK.

[@trinaewatkins2804]

Yes, My mother grew up in Selma, Ala. They marched down her street on horses when she was a child. To this day she is afraid of horses.

[@trinaewatkins2804]

Not to mention their fear of that type of white terror and intimidation…..

[@biddyearly9262]

Their costumes are from Spanish Catholic tradition. The irony.

[@attan5127]

Well, no one ever accused the Klan members of being intelligent. They were staunch democrats after all...

[@johnnyearp52]

​@@attan5127 And now they are Republicans. How times have changed.

[@attan5127]

@@johnnyearp52 Except they're not. They died out in the '90s and '00s as democrats until the bitter end.

[@24Wynn]

​@@attan5127No, they were Democrats before LJB's Civil Rights Act that gave women and Blacks the right to vote. They were mad that LBJ passed the Bill so they went into the Republican party. Today, they would be considered Maga Republicans who are saying the damnedest racial shit. Know your party before you vote.

[@Chicken_Wing91]

@@johnnyearp52is that what CNN told you? 😂

[@ECole-le7we]

Several videos ago, I suggested that you keep going, Danielle. And, well, you have exceeded my hopes. I grew up black in the 50s in the South, and we all knew who the Klan members were during the day - in spite of their ridiculous garb at night. Our town was segregated. I lived in "Colored Town". We had our own black-owned grocery store, our own black doctors - two of them, our own black dentist, our own black attorney, our own black cab drivers, our own churches, and, of course, our own schools. Everybody in "Colored Town" took care of each other. We were like a big family even when there was no direct blood relationship. All of this was before desegregation, of course. But there were times when we had to venture out of our areas for certain things - the hardware store, the department store, etc. Interestingly, none of the Klansman, who were also business owners, minded one bit taking our parents' money! Many of us worked in that white world and had to interact with the Klan folks on a daily basis. Now that was survival at its highest level. Yes, we blacks knew who the Klansmen were; and we knew how to survive when we weren't in our realm of nurturing and protection. All of that said, there were things in this video about the Klan that I absolutely did not know, especially about their origins and how they evolved. I guess I just saw them from the inside out. Danielle, you have given me an understanding from the outside in that I needed. Thank you. And it's important for all of us - including me - to know a fuller history. As a black person in America, I often use this to explain how we experience the worst outcomes from the inside out: "Racism is like being hit by something. But you don't really know what actually hit you. It could have been a truck or a bus or a train. You aren't sure what it was, but you sure know how much it hurt." This is why we need to understand our history, so we know what actually causes the harm. We, our children, and our grandchildren need to know what happened in order to dismantle the racialized systems that support and maintain it. I know I've said that before here, but it bears repeating over and over. Sankofa. To all of you watching this video and other videos on this channel, please share the information Danielle provides here far and wide. Look in the description box at all of her sources, and learn even more on your own - no matter what made-up racial category you've found yourself in. And then...keep going.

[@davidross2004]

"Racism is like being hit by something. But you don't really know what actually hit you. It could have been a truck or a bus or a train. You aren't sure what it was, but you sure know how much it hurt." Your above statement pretty much sums up my experience surviving racism while growing up. I'm in my early 30s, but I spent a lot of time around people who were following a church that turned out to have deep KKK affiliations in its origins. The experience left me scarred, but also sensitive to things. You're the first Black person I've ever heard who has described what I'm feeling. Thanks, E. Cole. Also, I will definitely "sankofa." It's the only way that I've been able to find any form of healing.

[@nytn]

Just reading this now (took some time off line!) but wow, thank you. So much.

[@valerie4501]

Thanks once again for another great African American History short 😔 as usual the story's topic is beyond sickening, but one should never expect anything but the most horrific when covering stories about WHITE SUPREMACY topics, these VIOLENT PSYCHOS whom are still existing TODAY, crazy get-up outfits and all, only a EXTREMELY DEMENTED RACE of people could create such a sick organization as a means to torture 😡😡😤kill, you name it, well they are still around TODAY, as a Christian, our CREATOR (God Almighty) has all the POWER to rid this Earth of all Evils that is continuing to destroy Humanity, the Pandemic is simply a tip of the iceberg, JESUS is returning very soon and for those of you who are not SAVED in the name of Jesus, will perish Horribly, this Earth is coming to an END, and SKIN COLOR will not matter!!!!!!

[@martinwoyzeck2634]

Wow, you saw it firsthand. Maybe you should have a podcast show.

[@slickrick8046]

@Ecole-le7we “Desegregation” was about desegregation of the public sector which started in the 1950’s. What probably happened to your town is that a lot of black folks migrated to large cities up north, out west, and throughout the South.

[@buc701]

Funny you mentioned Anaheim as Klanaheim . I lived in Anaheim for many years and learned that Anaheim was founded by a family of Germans . One day I was sitting at a friends house and noticed the fireplace bricks formed a Swaztica

[@sdrc92126]

The origins go back further than nazis, though it's strongly believed they both have similar origins

[@OGMann]

Ancient symbol.

[@dfpguitar]

Swastika is indeed a very ancient symbol for Indian, Eurasian and European cultures. It was still known as a symbol of good fortune in the west till the 1930s when it was appropriated by the Nazi's. If that house is older than the 1930s that swastika would have none of "that" German meaning. But it would be more like the meaning of a horseshoe or a Celtic knot. Nothing sinister.

[@user-lc4rx9no1y]

Embrace your history. Do not try to erase it, learn how to do better.

[@navegandolejanooriente6268]

I find the attire and ritual amusing because it originates from Spain, a predominantly catholic country. The white cone outfit was started during the Spanish Inquisition as a form of humiliation and later adopted a multi color outfits worn to this day during Semana Santa, a parade that I saw as a kid in Malaga, Espana.

[@rkeriadavis790]

Racists aren't known for their wits

[@redfire1094]

Your ppl did it not the Spanish stop putting your country crimes against blacks ppl on other ppl tht is y america is still so wicked to all nations

[@arthurlawrence5006]

Spain is guilty of racist ideology as well.

[@OGMann]

Nazarenos

[@navegandolejanooriente6268]

@@OGMann thank you

[@Pou1gie1]

I think it's important to note that between the times when the KKK went dormant (1877 to 1915), Blk ppl who were the children and grandchildren of former slaves were on the come up as politicians, doctors, lawyers, etc. Yt ppl felt threatened by the success of these once enslaved ppl, so the desire to repress them and build Yt unity through attacking Blks was strong. Also, it's not by accident that both the start and rebirth of the KKK is right after or during a war. So , these men that are coming home from war (WW1) are missing the camaraderie of the military and then the depression was on the horizon which meant they needed someone to blame for the financial woes. Men come home violent with PTSD and a need for that feeling of war-like togetherness, so this served as a way for Yts to bond by attacking Blk people as scapegoats for all their issues.

[@cicada9471]

... blame white women for the resurgence of the klan. White women didn't want to be looked at as equals to blacks, so the klan came back. I could have the story wrong but...

[@MrTteee]

Forced black Republican(as well as white) to turn to Democrat. I wonder why they would do that🤔🤔🤫.

[@JamesSmith-er2pn]

Also important to note that dormant isn't the same as dissolved.

[@geoffg206]

Thank you for this. I'm digging into my ancestry, too. It's a heavy yet enlightening journey. Both the good and the bad. It's crazy how family history can get buried and lost, but it's important for us to know. Helps us to understand how best to move forward for the better.

[@QEsposito510]

The KKK’s uniforms bear a VERY STRONG resemblance to the Italian secret society of vigilantes called the Beati Paoli. If you are t familiar with that group, I highly recommend doing some research, they are a fascinating secret society that served to protect working people from the wealthy and exploitative.

[@longhairdontcare122]

Never trust odd groups in silly hat's... They up to fuck shit every fucking time.

[@deaddocreallydeaddoc5244]

Many sacred orders in the middle ages used this costume in various colors, trim, etc..

[@Michael-sw4yq]

The movie is called the, Davinci code,it shows those uniforms. They utilize these garments. Hopefully I spelled the movie right.

[@spitflamez]

Spanish Catholic groups wore it too

[@dirkdillary4925]

​@@Michael-sw4yqThe Klan Members were Italian! They are only considere white because it happened in American! Pull them hoods off and ask them where their people are from and you would be pleasantly suprised!

[@tiredoftrolls2629]

They went after immigrants of all ilk as well. They put brush on the porch of my Lebanese grandfather's grocery store. He had just been out of the US Army from WWI for a few years, so he was hard. He, thankfully had the backing of some influential people. He asked who he had to beat up and was directed to whom he was told was the Grand Dragon of our little town. He beat the crap out of him. I can only think that there was some power struggle going on under the surface, because he no longer was harassed. Considering that the Klan marched openly during town parades, I think that a minor group was challenging the authority of the larger group and my grandfather was probably directed toward the leader of the minor group to beat up

[@nytn]

wow, how terrible

[@user-rk1my2yh2y]

Yes yes yes

[@hansemmen3862]

👍🏻 your grandfathers story is an amazing example of standing up to tyranny and winning the fight! Thank you for sharing your history with all of us.

[@GODsCHILD-lm6df]

Imagine being the first Granddaughter of #ArmenianGenocide Survivors and having your neighbors dump rice all over your front porch ... 🇱🇧🇦🇲 This racism gotta 🛑 STOP! Anyone who follows any media blitz narrative is a fool. ✝️👑

[@omni-man4624]

Yeah, pappy was a bad Man!

[@SpayAndNeuterChristians]

My catholic family moved from NYC to SC in 1978 and the KKK burned a cross in our yard.

[@redridinghood1980]

..i can not believe i lived on E. Pulaski Street in my hometown ..too many streets are named after direct links to some pretty evil people, places & things ..they burned a cross on my Polish Mother's lawn when they found out she was pregnant by my Black Father back in 1978/79' in Cudahy, WI ..she was pregnant with my older sister. I came a year & 20 days later ..my poor Mom💔

[@jesssingleton1200]

Pulaski is a habitational sir name of polish decent. What's wrong with that?

[@nerdlarge4691]

There is great documentary about the origins of the KKK that I saw called "Who Put The Klan Into Ku Klux Klan" and it talks about how Celtic culture influenced the early Klan. The founding KKK members were mostly of Scots Irish heritage so they drew upon Celtic folklore of Wizards, Dragons, and Pagan Priests in their names and costumes.

[@hainleysimpson1507]

Scots Irish whose ancestors were themselves slaves, serfs and criminals.

[@hollymedici2936]

Wow I didn't know that

[@sdrc92126]

A really good series that I found are on the religious origins called 'Moonotheism'. Note the moon and star symbol on the original costume. And the kkk handbook is called the kloran.

[@laughingdaisies]

They also were DEMOCRATS that started the KKK

[@johanlibert2481]

Irish for real 💀 i thought they hated english anglo superiority

[@Cat-ik1wo]

The triple k was dramatic in the south. But they had them up north too. Don't be fooled. They were in the Government. Thats what John Kennedy meant by "secret society" in his speech. Jim crow was in the north as well as the south. They just went by different names but were all part of the same Racist boat. I describe them as the characters from Alice in wonderland. Twiddledee and tweedledum.

[@slicksnewonenow]

Nonsense. Kennedy knew all about the Jezz Yoo Wits because of his own family history.

[@whatmeworrynotoday]

Extremely big in the Midwest too

[@jungleforeva]

No he meant the deep state, skull and bones etc

[@N.J.C95]

The Klan was not a secret society which is why I would disagree and say JFK was talking about the free masons.

[@casinoelnino5662]

​@@N.J.C95he was definitely talking about freemasons

[@deellaboe437]

I have so many stories about them evil spirits! My grandfather told me this story of when he was a kid. They would have a huge parade the Klan, to announce there will be a pic-nic (lynching). Then the town would gather and watch while they hung a negro. Then after the Klan would make some speech and celebration. So sick. I will never forget their memories. This always haunted him too. He moved from Mississippi to Minnesota when he was 14. I always think it could've been him. So thankful he was able to get out and live a happy peaceful life in the city he moved to.

[@LemonThyme1933]

I grew up in Mississippi, but I never heard of any family members being a part of it. I never saw anything about them in the 60s in MS. However, they were open in Georgia, 1980s. I worked with an elderly black man in Atlanta who told me about a certain tree there where they would hang people. I encountered a number of open racists in metro Atlanta.

[@binder946]

It was whitevwomen previlages most lynching were black men killed on allegation by white women once the relationship ended.

[@binder946]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/pGOZg3iEd9WnbtU She was protesting against the white women previlages.

[@sdrc92126]

I have been researching this for months and have found so much and trying to share, but youtube shadowbans most of it. Most of what I've found isn't even about the kkk but can very easily be linked to it. It;s very frustrating. I don't know why yt would even care about the tings I've found, it's not controversial and people have videos on these things

[@jeremypierce9059]

Kuhglocke is cowbell in German. This is where I was told the word Ku Klux came from. The idea of the Ku Klux Klan came from Switzerland. Switzerland has the square cross flag just like you see on the Ku Klux Klan outfit.

[@DuncWins]

Amazing video. Beautiful take. Thanks for the deep research and information!

[@zeroturn7091]

That’s the beauty of history. You can try to cover up what happened, but there are always larger clues that can’t be easily manipulated. Arlington, Stone Mountain, 4th of July/Juneteenth, etc. all tell the history of what once was and still exists.

[@YTRulesFromNM]

They are better people than you and your family.

[@St_1786]

Junetee..The 3rd annual..highest doa toll, again! Not swell!, eh Unessesary and frankly, sad...

[@bluebird5173]

@@felipejose8834 It sucks. I'd like to believe that, in the future, the "good side of history" wins out and everything progressives have been saying today will be validated by then. But the truth is, there's no guarantee that will ever happen. It's always possible that fascism will win out, or denialism, or conspiracy, or just plain old ignorance.

[@theresabreaud]

Nobody's trying to cover up history except for the people that don't like it! and if you still think America is a racist country you have problems

[@stephenfisher3721]

I heard stories from my family about the Ku Klux Klan marching in Elgin Illinois in the 1920/30's. Making sure his wife and children were safe at home, my grandfather went to see what the Klan was doing. As an immigrant Jew from Eastern Europe it was a dangerous endeavor. Elgin had "restricted" areas where Jews were not allowed to live.

[@nytn]

I can’t even imagine

[@bundevsawhney7578]

New Trier township in the area has two separate high school campuses, one just for freshmen and another for the other three years. That's because they used to be separate 4 year schools that were separate by where the Protestants lived vs where the Catholics and Jews were allowed to. And the schools aren't even 1 percent Black

[@ZamirMalachi6354]

​@@nytndo you do videos on the Rothschild conspiracies Zionism conspiracies Bilderbergs CFR trilateral Commission how America is turning Socialist Communist from within

[@princevaliant335]

The Klan was financed and organized by Kuttner Baruch and Juda Benjamin two Jews that worked with or for the Rothchild Jewish banking family. These Jews created the Klan to use for their subversive activities that continue to this day.

[@gailhall6283]

I can only imagine. May God put these terrorist klansmen on their knees at the foot of the cross of Jesus where they belong. Jesus was a Jew, too. ❤

[@guysolis5843]

Excellent video. Packed with obscure information and loads of great photos. Also well narrated. I was shocked @ 2:07 to see the "All Seeing Eye" embroidered on the one Klan members little outfit. That symbol still flies high today. I seen a chick with that symbol tattooed on her throat...nothing to say to her...I'll finish this video later but up until now, bravo.

[@genighmartin4999]

My dad was in the service so I spent my early childhood overseas. We I was in the 6 grade we moved to Oklahoma. I can still remember signs warning black people to not be caught outside after dark.

[@nordland2235]

The klan did not just go after racial things......they kicked my grandpa's ass for getting drunk and not taking care of his family...straightened him right out.....they kinda did things the police could not do.

[@omni-man4624]

Wow, that's shit you never hear the Klan making a man, a man!

[@michaelcutler6118]

The transition for the vpn commercial was great it took me by surprise for a little bit.

[@user-sm1et7xf1x]

Thank you NYTN for your work and research .

[@mymessymidlifecrisis]

The article that you showed for the baseball game was in my home town of Wichita KS from June 21 1925. In 1924 there was series of editorials denouncing the klan and it started an anti-klan movement. It is believed that he game happened because of the anti-klan movement and the decline in the klan in Kansas and it was part of a last-gasp publicity stunt by them for two reason: to demonstrate white superiority and to improve the klan's image in Kansas (didnt work by the way). The Wichita Monrovians accepted the challenge and won 10-8. Both sides hired two Irish Catholic umpires W. W. "Irish" Garrety and Dan Dwyer to avoid the appearance of favoritism but as Catholics they were targeted by the KKK. Historians know only a few details about the game. Names of the players are unknown from both sides. The Klan was big in Kansas until Jan 1925 when the Supreme Court ruled they were a sales organization, not a benevolent society, so they could not legally operate in the state without an official charter on June 3 1925 the state of Kansas rejected the Klan's application for a charter.

[@hansemmen3862]

My mother grew up in Pasadena Texas in the 60s and 70s, she told me that the klan would give bounties for black and Jewish people. They actually had a pirate radio bulletin to make their announcements. I wish you all love and peace! ❤

[@nytn]

Oh my gosh, didn’t know about the radio part

[@hansemmen3862]

@@nytn Yeah Texas definitely had a strong klan presence back then. I looked at her high school yearbook and saw a young lady wearing a klan robe and hood which is crazy because you couldn’t get away with that today thankfully 😅 ! Mom went to J.Frank dobie high school. In Florida where I grew up, my sister and I attended Nathan B. Forrest high school . Yes it was named after general Forrest, it got changed to west side high back in 2015 I believe. A lot of our schools were named after confederate generals such as Lee and Jeb Stuart or Kirby smith. I attended Jefferson Davis middle personally, this says a lot about North Florida-in particular which was a hotbed for the klan and still has klan especially in baker county as well as other parts going down 90 westbound. I can also tell you about the racial tension between black and white students in the 90s and early 2000s and how black kids used to have this thing called cracker day , where they’d make things very difficult for the white kids. By the time I came along the roles were reversed, where white and non black kids were in trouble if they went to certain schools. Now I reflect on this and wish only the best for everyone in hopes of a better future for all! Thank you again for the wonderful content as well as responding to my comments!☺️

[@MichaelWashingtonAE]

​​@@nytn They still do in 2023 in many small towns in South Carolina, CB radio. My family is from Columbia, South Carolina and my uncle is the pastor of a church in Chester, SC. They meet at a specific BBQ restaurant on Sundays and broadcast from there. My uncle and his wife went in one day, got the looks and they turned around and never returned. Even in the Capital City of Columbia, there is certain side of town we just don't go as black people. Sadly it's still self segregation but for safety. Thankful I moved to Florida lol

[@kathrynlargent5135]

My mom hung out in the 70’s and 80’s in Pasadena,TX and told me that this little appliance repair shop on red bluff is where the klan met. How or why she knew this information there is no telling.

[@hansemmen3862]

Thank y’all for sharing your experiences and confirming this. ❤️🇺🇸👍🏻

[@andrewyarosh1809]

The irony of an organization that also targeted Roman Catholics and Slavs being founded in a town named after a Polish, Roman Catholic Revolutionary War General is staggering.

[@ZillaZarate]

I know this is off topic but I subscribed to you cause you have a good channel and not to mention that you are fine as heck !!! And I love history and learning about different areas ! Perfect channel

[@madeandcrowned]

00:51 my Mother is from Beaumont, TX - born in 1950; her father [my Grandfather] was born in 1899. He witnessed and experienced Ku Klux Klan activity in that city. I recently learned that the founders of the KKK were of Scottish heritage. Also, it is no accident that their formation aligned with the Reconstruction Era.

[@deanchapman1824]

They were Scots-Irish. A whole separate ethnic group, though very similar.

[@madeandcrowned]

​@@deanchapman1824 - my research revealed that the founders of the KKK were Scottish ethnically, and not Scot-Irish.

[@slickrick8046]

My grandfather was born in 1890 in Southeast Texas as well. The irony is Texas is a top racially integrated state with a bunch of mixed people walking around.

[@timlinator]

@@deanchapman1824 Scots-Irish are Scottish settlers in Ulster province (northern Ireland) starting in the early 1600's and later settled in the colonies.

[@shawnahall7246]

I think it was different backgrounds that just saw whiteness and bandied together

[@LostNFoundASMR]

Thank you for another informational video. You put a lot of thought and time into these- and I’m grateful. ❤

[@nytn]

I'm so glad! Happy you are here

[@samuelsmith5400]

Great video! I’ve been doing a lot of research on the clan myself, especially after watching interviews from Darrell Davis. Apparently, if you look into it, the six confederate veterans who started it did so to uphold Confederate ideals, and their views of patriotism. One of the members helped write, what is seen as the handbook for the KKK that included many of its way supremacist ideals that were later adopted and enforced later on in the klans history. Again, upon reading further notes from founding members of the clan, their intention was to be a political party to oppose the Republicans of the post-Lincoln Era, and we’re even considered the military might of the democratic party during the time.

[@NotYourTypicalNegro]

You are promoting some propaganda here. At NO TIME did the Klan consider itself "military arm" or "military might" of the Democratic Party. That is pure propaganda. What you said regarding its relationship to Republicans it's largely correct regarding the first klan, which lasted only six years until it was outlawed in 1871. However, the second Klan of the 1920s is when the Klan became dominated by Republicans -- particularly in the West and the Midwest [CA, OR, CO, OK, and IN]. These lies that no Republicans were in the klan and that the Democratic Party is "the [only] Party of the KKK", they need to stop.

[@johngibson2884]

Sounds like woke activists today!

[@mikehenson819]

Every klan member I’ve ever known was alway a Democrat.

[@sdrc92126]

The moon with a star is islamic symbolism. Their handbook is called 'the kloran' and not the klible. There's a guy with a series on this called Moonotheism which is a very deep rabbit hole indeed.

[@rdmez1]

Every Democrat that mentions the Klan, never mentions that the Klan was a terrorist arm of the Democratic Party. Blacks were Republicans for decades after the Civil War until the New Deal. The film Birth of a Nation was first aired in the White House during Woodrow Wilson's term as a Democratic President...

[@ozzymandias7346]

Love your videos...keep them up!

[@willquigg8265]

The movie Birth of a Nation was was considered the best movie of all time when it first came out. President Woodrow Wilson even played it in the White House and said it was an accurate portrayal of the times.

[@charliesaucier3352]

Woodrow Wilson was a vile racist! Before he was president, employees of the federal bureaucracy were integrated. After he was elected, he saw to segregating it.

[@mythicnoetic]

Sadly it was shown to my grade school class in the 70s in Toledo Ohio. I hated it but didn't dare speak out because I was already very unpopular...

[@wahiidstube]

I t was put out by Jewish producers to cast disparity upon “black” people after a Jewish man was charged in Atlanta for the rape and murder of a little “white” girl.

[@mikelgeren149]

Where can I get a copy on DVD ?

[@wahiidstube]

@@mikelgeren149 Amazon.

[@krysisstorm2703]

Today, Michigan and Indiana has the biggest Klan numbers still, while Mississippi has the most active members who participate in violence.

[@mikelgeren149]

Where can I join a Klan in Tennessee ?

[@88Don]

Honestly it’s not called the klan anymore it’s called neo nazi and right wing and several other names go look into it 🤐

[@MADNEWYORKER914]

​@@mikelgeren149 Ask Trump!!!

[@hainleysimpson1507]

@@mikelgeren149 Why do you want to join a non military or militia group that has a history of bloodshed of the innocent, for no fucking reason beyond bloodlust and insecurity?

[@frostriver4547]

@@MADNEWYORKER914 The neo-Nazis in Florida are openly supporting Biden 😅

[@ericbellan3083]

This was done very well, I have done a bunch of research on the klan and it’s origin. I’m glad you mentioned Catholic’s. When I was growing up in rural SW Pennsylvania the klan used to terrorize my Catholic school. They also terrorized my college. As a white Roman Catholic I felt that I understood more closely how African Americans felt about the klan. I was lucky enough to be white. I could hide amongst the racist in plane sight. When I would talk to black friends and tell them about how I was terrified of them growing up, they were very dismissive of my claims. I’m glad civil war monuments have come down. I hope we as a country continue to grow and become a better nation!

[@kausamsalam8543]

I hope so too-that we become a better, kinder, more tolerant nation. I can often tell which are Klan members as I have met several psychopaths with such hatred in their families in a certain place near Houston, but they live in many East Coast places, too-and only study for a job, but not out of curiosity for learning in general. Many are poorly educated people and have criminals among their hidden family history.

[@CryptoBiz44]

Been watching your videos, and have found them very interesting! Nice work!!

[@nytn]

Awesome, thank you!

[@ldy2hzlft1111]

I found you yesterday. I watched several of your vids already. Love this stuff!

[@nytn]

Oh my gosh, thank you! So glad to have you here ☺️☺️

[@jakethomas1829]

Clayton Bigsby story is an example of how far we've come as a society. Like the movie, Springtime for Hilter, humor has a power to cope with tragedy another way

[@Scarecrowgamer1]

I've seen this video floating around forever glad I finally checked it out today

[@junebrilly5302]

This is an excellent historical explanation of the klan. I have a visceral revulsion of the klan. I grew up in the 60's and 70's and had very close African American and Hispanic friends. At that time we thought we could change things. Ooooh, were we wrong!. I am deeply and painfully disturbed by the political landscape now. All repeating itself, dragging us all back, by HATE so Blatant there is no need for pointed hoods

[@Elisar-re9et]

WOW! No way! I had no idea about Anaheim. I was born and raised there. I'm definitely going to look into this. Thank you!!

[@BLMacab]

@@etruscancivilization the santa ana cholos make the klan look progressives

[@louismilum8663]

I honestly think no one studies that era enough and we are going through the same things now. I studied Reconstruction in college and was amazed by the information I found, but there is so many aspects that are still unknown. Often times, the history books love to go in depth on the wars, but hardly touch on topics between the wars. I mean things like the affects of immigration, industrialization, cultural shifts, modernization, etc. All these things have an affect.

[@nytn]

Absolutely, things don’t just blow up ex nihilo

[@user-ju6zz8tf3x]

ARE YOU A REAL INDIAN?😮

[@munsunsnight]

Thank you for sharing this work, cheers from Guatemala.

[@abraxasjinx5207]

I enjoyed the history, and the historic photos; I would recommend showing more images, and work on the reading. You don't have to do it all in one take, you can go back and edit if you misspeak- plus having images show more gives you more of a chance to cut and paste your narration takes. I look forward to seeing you continue!

[@nytn]

Thank you so much! I appreciate it:)

[@UnKnown-fi7gf]

This is the first time coming across your channel, and all i want to say is that i hope you don't take the work you're doing for granted...

[@JasonWilliams-um2nt]

What work?😂😂

[@theresabreaud]

​@@JasonWilliams-um2ntreally Google and Wikipedia that are known for a rewriting history to make white man bad!

[@marcellocolona4980]

I grew up in The Bronx in the 1950-60s and heard stories that the Klan was active in the 1920-40s in northern NJ. My father told me stories of a German Catholic family in NJ that had a cross burned on their lawn.

[@makeyyyy7890]

Really against German

[@charliesaucier3352]

@@makeyyyy7890 Not the ethnic German. The KKK were vehemently anti-Catholic!

[@LlyleHunter]

There were also two clusters during that time on Long Island NY and when Theodore Roosevelt was the NYC Police Commissioner the klan held a March down 5th Avenue in Manhattan. Teddy Roosevelt made sure that there were Italian, Irish, Jewish Black, Polish and assorted police officers from other Eastern European countries that the klan objected to to make the statement that the klan thought they were better than the people who were protecting them.

[@marcellocolona4980]

@@makeyyyy7890 A lot of anti-German sentiment started up during WWI. The Germans were branded as barbarians, huns, monsters. In NYC during WWI some businesses owned by ethnic Germans were fire bombed and/or looted. People with German-sounding names anglicised them to appear more “American.” Schmidt became Smith, Weiss became White, etc.

[@KingJRZJ]

I'm and 80s baby from South Jersey and I can tell you they were definitely down in my part of the state. They made the local news now and then during the 80/90s whenever they were trying to recruit new members. My mom used to tell me to be careful if I was in Millville or Gloucester city. Even if you they weren't part of the klan, you had to watch your back if you weren't white in those towns.

[@rotisseriebear5394]

I think their anti-Catholic sentiment was part of their reason for the pointy hats. There is a centuries old Catholic celebration where everyone dresses that way. I can't remember off the top of my head, but I think it happens in Spain.

[@stephanienwadieiiamhybasia]

I try my best to stay away from groups and individuals on line that try to manipulate by using fear and the “they don’t want to know scenario “. People try to make their group superior and preach hatred towards others. ( for views,subscribes, donations, and to try to establish separation communities abroad). People are selling land and services abroad and using fear to try to manipulate people to move with them to be “safe”. Yes, this group behavior is what cults use as well. It is interesting what people do out of fear and a need for power? You always share information that I didn’t know. Thank you for sharing. People are the same everywhere, just different in their so called “reasons “ for doing some questionable stuff.

[@JoyfullyShea-Marcella]

I recently asked myself if the klan was a cult, and short answer I’d say yes. At least back then it seemed like they were. Nowadays it’s seems more gang affiliated, which is still scary. I don’t understand how they were never branded as a terrorist group

[@lindabeck3412]

Danielle, here's my story about this. First let me say that I never heard of The Klan until I was in high school in the late 60s & we covered it in US History classes. I grew up in Southern Ohio right on the Indiana state line, so this story happened one summer evening when i was probably right at 7 or 8 years old & my sister was maybe 4 -5 years. You know it stays daylight pretty late in summer & my sister & i would play outside in yard & around ( we lived on a farm) til it was dark , i remember we had no bedtime during summer. But this one evening our Mom made us come inside and ordered us upstairs to our shared bedroom before dark & told us we were not to come down stairs, she made it very clear. I know i thought it was strange order, not our summer routine. Our old farmhouse had a stairway that was open - no door at bottom. I remember shortly after it got dark we heard " multiple men voices" talking downstairs so my sister & I , being small , we knew we could sit on about the third step down & see in the room downstairs but we couldn't be seen by them. All we could see were feet ! Maybe at least 3-4 men there. They were talking to our father - never saw mothers feet- i don't know where she was- The men were not there a long time. Then they left- We hurried to our bedroom window to watch them leave but there were no cars leaving out the country lane! So next morning,me always the "why?" Child was grilling Mom, who was here last night, Where was their cars, what? Did they walk away through fields? All my Mother said was -- "You are never to tell anyone about this & dont question it again!" And we never did. Now fast forward about 50 years - our parents are deceased. I was home visiting & run into my father's brother's son - my sister & I retell this story& ask him what his thoughts -- He says" according to my dad & stories heard as a kid - My guess would be the Klan"! Was it? We dont know - but i do know that the only voice speaking that night that i recognized was my Dad's. The other voices were strangers. The men on neighboring farms would help each other bring in crops etc. That couldn't have been what it was about. Its all a mystery that we cant know the truth about.

[@Fernando-dt8je]

Could have been for recruiting purposes. There's a different "group" that used to do this as well. They approached my grandfather and one of my uncles.

[@justinshelton5026]

Sounds a little like my neighbor three doors down came to tell us the new people were black. We were like, good will you move now? He didn’t. I NEVER see our black neighbors. But I see the white people all around. Funny huh? I live in Saginaw MI. Many many people of all colors? Not once you cross the river. The old hag next door said they can’t cross the river…. What? There’s a road right there? And we can swim the river easy. Or just wade in the water? And I’m about five miles from the “ghetto”. Self segregation? Or intimidation. There’s confederate flags EVERYWHERE!

[@TotalDec]

Careful with the "-".

[@robsim4692]

Could have been the chamber of commerce or maybe daddy was selling drugs! However I take it from your suspension that your daddy was a prolific racist!

[@bradbenedetto4175]

General Nathan Bedford Forrest is my many-times-great Grandfather . In his later life he found Christ and actually started helping black people in the community.

[@nytn]

I want to do a full video on him, he was definitely not portrayed accurately by the media over the last few years

[@bradbenedetto4175]

@@nytn Agreed. I did a report on him way back in high school but I'm sure I barely scratched the surface of the topic. I'd be very interested in watching that video.

[@thecaptainsxyt]

"Only amusement" is the 19th-century equivalent to a 4chaner going "It's just a meme/joke!"

[@uraqtpie2]

TY again for your videos , so many would rather pretend this never happened . There is healing and growth in the truth no matter what it exposes .

[@powerbadpowerbad]

Yeah,pretend it never happened,but,it happened in america,so it's a part of american history. Let's learn from it.

[@nytn]

Im thankful for you being here while I learn (in public!).

[@randygreenfield4312]

Unfortunately this country doesn’t want healing . It wants to sweep racism under the rug and pretend it doesn’t exist .

[@tonys3661]

​@etruscancivilization what? The kkk were democrats. Lincoln, a republican free the slaves. Wake up democrats pander for votes to create a socialism government that controls. And this is from a black male raised in the hood fuked up.

[@odellbey9602]

They are the European caucasian domestic terrorists that have mass murdered millions of aboriginal indigenous black Americans and destroyed hundreds of black towns and cities resulting in the Holocaust genocide of millions of American people and the land theft of millions of acres of land. They were backed up by the United States government and this is why black Americans must be given reparations restitutions & restorations

[@mattmurdock9802]

I’m glad I stumbled over to your channel. You present the facts objectively. Loved this vid🙏🏾 Do you plan on doing a vid on the Black Panther party in the future?

[@nytn]

I do! I’d love to talk a bit about Malcom X as well, but have not researched it yet

[@mattmurdock9802]

@@nytn I don’t know much about him myself. I found it interesting you mentioning the reconstruction era, because I had just finished Up from Slavery by Booker T. Washington. Who I believe was more influential in a positive way to not only blacks, but also whites, and Indians

[@nytn]

Booker T Washington is amazing, I should do a video on that book.

[@mattmurdock9802]

@@nytn that would be great! Would love to see that

[@alienape3171]

You can go to the town Square today and see the back of the plaque. They can't stand to remove it but they know they can't openly celebrate it.

[@nytn]

but they did turn it around and nail it backward!

[@jennibaker3444]

The dangers that arise when people are manipulated by fear and anger... Oh the irony...

[@trishaanderson7344]

In 1952 my family, Irish Catholic, moved to N Calif. after the klan burned a cross on the front lawn of a house on 7th Ave in Inglewood CA. We lived on 8th Ave. I was 6 years old then, when i first heard of the klan and became prejudiced against them.

[@makeyyyy7890]

Against who the blacks or the Irish Catholic??

[@hackman669]

Get ride of the klan!!

[@lisaanderson2900]

Okay this is what I know from oral legacy in my own family. My great great grandmother Sarah McClanahan told stories to her granddaughter, my grandmother. Sarah's father was Cornelius McClanahan, who was part of Morgan's Raiders in Morgan County, Kentucky, If you want to look them up. Sarah was born in 1856, so she was a young girl after the civil war. She said she would overhear her father and his "friends" plotting to go after Union men. She told stories of riding her horse through tight woods, knicking her boots on the trees, to warn union men of her father's plans. She said one day the klan "swept her off the porch" on horseback. She never mentioned the robes, at least my grandma didn't say.

[@nytn]

Wow, this is absolutely wild! I love hearing oral history so much. Thank you, Lisa

[@WarrenHolly]

So what happened to her?

[@chuckyoneill9029]

@nytn There u go Scott Irish

[@GreatNinjaman]

​@@WarrenHollyShe was swept off the porch.

[@WarrenHolly]

@@GreatNinjaman what do you mean by swept off of the porch? By what/ who?

[@dhtsoaedsdhtnadi9575]

my great grands got caught up in the "reboot" as you put it. they thought it was a watchdog group, but about their third time attending a gathering a cross was burned. that was the last time they had anything to do with the kkk.

[@jona2sikk]

very good and informative video ! thank you for sharing 😁

[@nytn]

So nice of you

[@miller4980]

The second klan was commented on by Black woman, I thought she was ex Governor of Georgia or somewhere, can't remember. It was her opinion that the 2nd klan was largely popular not because of racism but economics, the poorest whites and blacks of the nation basically struggled because no one wanted to be on the bottom rung of the economic ladder, she said it was totally different than the 1st klan as it wasn't violent or race motivated as much as it was about money, jobs, etc.

[@kcn7826]

My mother was the only family member that was a woman to go into a Syrup Mill and physically work on the bottling and canning machine lines, my grandfather would tell her “you and I could run the Mill alone” when he incorporated he made sure she got a 33 1/3% in her name and my father also got 33 1/3%, but it was dissolved without our knowledge and put 100% in my uncles name around 12 years ago, but we were never paid for anything, no attorneys would help us because they were considered prominent in the community and the attorney’s brother was mayor for 40 years, that wouldn’t be hard to understand

[@JaylaniAngelique]

Wow, Danielle, I have been watching your videos. Believe it or not, I live currently in Huntsville, Alabama. I identify as black when it makes sense, but also identify as mixed. The son of leader of the KKK in Pulaski Tennessee at that time, had a huge crush on me, he was smitten. His car broke down at my house, and he called his dad to come help. My heart dropped when I found out what his dad was(he never told me). He told his dad "there's something you need to know before you come, this girl is black". His dad showed up at my door asking for his son. Oddly enough, he asked me if I was mixed with "light". He said if I had not admitted being mixed with black, he would guess me as Latina(they don't like latino(a) people either TBH). I said I guess I'm mixed. He said "you are quite mixed, and you are easy on the eye because of it, so because you look and act as close to lady as you can be...you can't be a real lady because you are not all white, but you are a ladylike woman...I will forgive my son and give you some grace". He said when he was younger, he would have been smitten with me too, especially if no real white girls were available! I walked over to his truck, and he had a rope and burlap bag on the seat! He urged me not to fear, and said if his son had told him I was almost white, he would never have thought to bring those things. He then said if I ever had children with his son, he would claim them if they looked anything like or between his son and me! He would raise them for the Klan. He said I'd better pray for "white" children. He even kissed my hand goodbye. I had to let his son down easy and get out of that situation. This was one of my most bizarre life events.

[@whatabouttheearth]

There is a place called the Southern Heritage Store in Branson Missouri, the uncle of the owner is some high leader in the Klan or something, the store sells all sorts of Confederate type of stuff. There are also Klan groups down in northern Arkansas

[@humbrefinch3455]

I read that the clan was the militia for the Democratic Party formerly known as Dixiecrats

[@sergeantguile4571]

Yep

[@karlthoma1648]

There was no big switch if you are headed there.

[@difencrosby]

I’m a Lumbee Indian and we are known to do to the clan what they did to others.

[@davidgreene6976]

😂😂That was comical how you chased the Klan in North Carolina. God bless you in Jesus name.Google the Clearwater Madonna miracle.Millions of people saw the Virgin Mary covering a two story window at Seminole Indian Financial Building at Clearwater Florida.Mary(Jesus mother) has a brown face and a rainbow body.🎇🏰🎇⛓️✝️✡️🌹❣️💔SHE IS PERMANTLY ON THIS WINDOW.SCIENTIST CALL IT A MIRACLE.

[@josephstocks7495]

​@@davidgreene6976Mary is in the grave and not in heaven. She will ascend with the rest of the righteous who are dead in christ at the second coming. The catholic church is NOT the true church. It is the seat of power for the antichrist, aka the Pope.

[@user-nu4um2gr3d]

​@@josephstocks7495Christianity did not start in the 1500s.

[@josephstocks7495]

@@user-nu4um2gr3d I know that, what about my comment makes you think I believe that?

[@user-nu4um2gr3d]

@@josephstocks7495 because before the reformation their was only the Catholic Church,and I don't appreciate you insulting my religion.

[@Makeyouinfamous1]

I drove through Pulaski before at night I was coming from Colorado and well thank God I was pale and had blonde hair because I drove past their compound and two big trucks started to chase me down but they caught up to me and probably thought I was white or whatever and left me alone. It's a weird place so many sundown towns in Tennessee and Alabama even in Georgia. You'd be surprised how many places are still into this

[@riftwytch]

I've read that of all the states north of the Mason-Dixon line, Pennsylvania has the largest KKK membership. One of my older friends was told by a much older person that the Klan used to protest outside of, and threaten the people inside of, the Sons of Italy hall in my town.

[@100Steaming]

Their uniforms look very similar to those used by us in Italy for Easter celebrations, almost a copy and paste. This video was very enlightening on such dark topic, thank you and greetings from Catania (Sicily).

[@nytn]

I hope to come visit one day soon! Thanks for being here :)

[@100Steaming]

@@nytn You will always be welcome in our beautiful land. I hope you will like it ☺

[@VIDSTORAGE]

Penitents of "La Candelaria" in Spain

[@daveton9033]

Easter celebrations, 4 u? huh!

[@kayf7073]

In Salamanca, Spain they also wear these robes at Easter, aledgedly already since several hundred years

[@artemisnectar7]

#NYTN 🙏🏽 ❤💛💚🖤👍🏽 new sub from Harlem,Ny.. bless up! Ty 4 postn awareness 🌻

[@nytn]

Welcome!! To a fellow NYer :)

[@user-ju6zz8tf3x]

😂😂Harlem is in Europe not in New York. 🤡

[@artemisnectar7]

@@nytn ty👋🏽 jus seeing the welcome!! Luv ur content & narration💯👍🏽

[@mistermyself1128]

Their robes are embroidered. Who does all the cleaning? They have to have a place to take their cleaning. That always bothered me.

[@nytn]

I always think about things like this as well

[@user-rn2zb6be1u]

Guess they'd have some spares and probably have their own laundromat going on.

[@TimothyBrown-wm3cx]

This is the reason that I don't join groups. People don't understand how dangerous this can be.

[@GTwilight]

Great video, cool channel.. have you ever heard of the "Black Legion"? It was a Klan spinoff that existed here in Michigan. They wore black robes instead of white ones and were the reason that Dearborn, MI was referred to as the bloodiest place above the Mason-Dixon line..

[@makeyyyy7890]

Wow.

[@YTHatesMe-999]

They were very active in the Downriver area as well, especially around Wyandotte. Their influence remains to this day.

[@m.j.333]

@@YTHatesMe-999Are they affiliated with the Knights of Columbus. I feel like I saw one of their “halls” in the downriver area.

[@davidgreene6976]

I saw the movie "Black Legion" starting Humphrey Bogart a man sent to spy on them.

[@ChaseDaOrk3767]

When you mentioned "Black Legion" I'm immediately reminded me of the Black Legion Chaos Space Marines from Warhammer 40k. This also got me wondering (and this might be weird to ask) which Chaos God would the Klan be most likely to align themselves with?

[@gazoontight]

Very interesting and informative. Thank you for making this video.

[@nytn]

thanks for watching!

[@beejayjay9028]

Found this book way back I think it's called 'inside the klavern'?? It distinctly shows a connection to the Scottish rite temple... The Good Government League... Local law enforcement and government! It's really illuminating!!! 😅

[@gelodude07]

This is so informative and laid back. thanks.

[@alexanders562]

In Southern CA, Orange County esp, there is a reputation for Klan ideology. Everyone in L.A. knew it, but it was not so clear 'til I saw this. When we understand that CA was booming in the 20th century we know that a lot of people migrated from Eastern areas and brought their ideas of race with them. The term "surf nazi" means nothing unless you are aware of Huntington Beach locals. Now, in the 21st century many of those people have been displaced by wealthy ocean front interests and have moved back to more Eastern areas, but there is still plenty of remnants in that area of white supremacy.

[@johnb639]

The state of Oregon has a very rabid KKK history

[@LemonThyme1933]

My husband and I, with our sons, accidentally happened upon a LARGE meeting at an Oregon state park. I don't remember which one. It was between Portland and the beach. That was in the 90s. They waved us in as a white family. It was a little confusing, but my husband quickly picked up on what was going on. He told me before we even had a chance to park. So, we immediately drove out.

[@donworland]

In Jasper, Indiana the German immigrants were terrified of the Klan in the early 1900s being heavily of Catholic descent, grandpa was from there.

[@garyoverman4393]

Camp Forrest is in Tullahoma . Interesting history there ! Great job !

[@Samiifemboy96]

Can we describe the fact that the KK was founded by the Democratic Party

[@russianfederationyoutube]

yes, it was officially founded when Nathan Bedford Forrest, a southern sympathizer took power and became the grand wizard. The confederacy was a liberal nation, and was ruled by liberals. Today, it is loved and joined by republican racists, and you wont see much liberals in the group today, which, of course, does not excuse the ugly history of the democratic party

[@nytn]

NBF tried to stop it once he saw how violent it was getting. I included that in this video, but there is more to that history, it's fascinating

[@24Wynn]

And then they went over to the Republican party where they are now called, maga. They left because they were mad at LBJ for signing the Civil Rights Act in 1964 giving Blacks and women their rights.

[@GrizrazRex]

@@nytn Yet you have not explored it here. I sense fear of the ban & yeet as being the reasons; it is the 2024 election cycle now. If enough black folks took enough time to understand the real history of the Dems relationship with what has oppressed them, the Dems would go the way of the Whigs. They still might, having lost over 1100 gubernatorial and state legislative seats during Obama's terms. That's like a MLB franchise decimating its' farm system. The big-league team will eventually suck for lack of talent. Unlike sports, there are no blockbuster free-agent deals/trades to be made for a superstar player.

[@gkeith64]

The eugenics society, Walter Plecker.... Also birth of a nation..

[@davidgreene6976]

😂😂YOUR A GENIUS CREATED BY GOD.

[@gkeith64]

@@davidgreene6976 all sown El are eloheim aka SowEL HELLinized as souls, beloved. What's a God to a cELestial? Size comparison! A Gad/Gawd/God fly .....

[@mikelgeren149]

@@gkeith64 a Kang !!! 👻

[@gkeith64]

@@mikelgeren149 The turning over of the MNY tables has begun. And the idol Almighty D'Allah dollar is about to go. The paper CONtracts attached to the Document 📄 of Discovery is now torn assunder. And the heathen are about to be swept of the promise∆ Lan∆, as YaHU'aH has COmman∆e∆.... 20$ bill 💵, hanging strange fruit as a lamp on the back. Folded at Jacksons forehead and it becomes, mask 😷 20 20.... Know Andrew Jackson stole our land, the Louisiana purchase was CONfiscation, a theft! Yet, the spELl is broken, Hallelu YaHU'aH AllahAYnu Tsaboath Aleph TaU echad 💜🔯 Barak ba ha Shem King Yahu'shua 🔺💜

[@galndixie]

Correction: Nathan Bedford Forrest was not the "Wizard" of the KKK, he was never a member. The US Congress held hearings on the klan in 1871, they interrogated NBF at those hearings, and they determined he was not ever a part of it, but he had tried to close it down. It's on the congressional record. The reason people think he was is because his nickname during the war was "The Wizard of the Saddle", since he was such an expert horseman. NBF was actually an activist for Black rights after the war, and that, too, is documented.

[@flugendorffilms6130]

I’ve seen a pdf of their ritual book (1930s I think). As a mason I can say they used Masonic ritual as a template for their own. Just changed names and goals etc.

[@davidnaber789]

One of the kkk members had a black friend and he talked to the leader and he made the leader and 200 other people leave the kkk

[@nytn]

I have heard of this before!

[@elongatedmanforever1252]

​@@nytn Was his name Daryl Davis??

[@kcn7826]

Fuller had killed 4 black employees, I was young and heard the stories, but was to young to understand hatred or wasn’t interested, there were 2 more men who did this, one old man told me “he regretted taking a human life and woke up with hot sweats “ he did his dirty deeds on 2 separate occasions, he brought it up when I was sitting in his living room, another man witnessed another man shooting an employee and told us the story, It jarred my memory once I saw Mr. Fuller’s name, I was sitting alone with the old man waiting for his niece when he told me the story and his regrets

[@binder946]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/pGOZg3iEd9WnbtU She protested against the white women previlages and saved black lives.

[@alanaaites8292]

My husband's grandmother was from Polanski Tennessee. She adopted a Menomonie girl child. While living in Wisconsin. Later moved down by Polanski. We later took care of her. She would talk about the KKK with pride. We never knew it started there in in Tennessee.

[@robertcudny1839]

Everybody talks about KKK but nobody talks about the Loyal League. Everybody talks abot Jim Crow laws but nobody talks about restrictive laws that existed in the Northern states 100 years ago. This is how history is being skewed.

[@elongatedmanforever1252]

Yep & they act as if white People were the only racist Ones or capable of it.

[@Ann-ub4mf]

WOW!😮I live less than 10 minutes from Anaheim Ca and had never heard about the Klan being so big in southern california...damn!😕

[@michaelnewell6385]

I never liked clubs. There was just something about them I didn’t like, because I knew a club meant there are people that can’t be in it. By nature they exclude others. As Groucho Marx said…”I wouldn’t be in a club that would have me as a member.” I love US history and got a lot of that interest from my brother who taught it. So going into museums dealing with history appeals to me. Years ago when I lived in Atlanta I went into what I thought was a civil war museum in Kennesaw Georgia. The sign on the outside said it was clearly a civil war museum. A small place, I walked down the aisle and looked around realizing it wasn’t just a “museum” of sorts at all, but basically a Klan store. When I got to the end of the aisle and realized where I was at I physically felt like puking. It physically made my stomach turn. I walked back down the aisle and out the store finding it hard to believe what I saw. Peace and love to all.

[@johnh.tuomala4379]

I visited the same place back in the 1980s. It was called “The Best Little warehouse in Kennesaw”. I left immediately after I saw a Brillo pad with a tag attached to it which said “Niglet’s scalp”.

[@LemonThyme1933]

​@@johnh.tuomala4379Yeah, I typed a comment re: them openly walking around the N GA state fair in the early 80s.

[@michaelnewell6385]

@@johnh.tuomala4379 Yes it was a very sick and disgusting moment. Truly evil really.

[@apexone5502]

Folks have been trying to get that Confederate store shut down for years but unfortunately because of laws the store is still allowed to function.

[@michaelbajorek1972]

Thank you for a very interesting and informative lesson in American history. Am 71 years old and have never heard anyone speak on this subject. Thank you.

[@nytn]

You're very welcome, I love learning, there is so much more to find out

[@sdrc92126]

Look up moonotheism by Lloyd DeJongh from South Africa. He goes into the religious origins of the kkk

[@michaelbajorek1972]

@@sdrc92126 Thanks for the tip. Will look this up.

[@BadgerCheese94]

I know their numbers and influence have thankfully dwindled... but still the idea of driving across wooded backroads in the Deep South and spotting a Klan rally is terrifying!

[@nytn]

Im "white" and I am worried I wouldnt be white enough if I did. 🙃

[@BabyGurlnJP]

I'm not too sure about the numbers "dwindling". They've just gone stealth. I'm sure this group, or one just like it, will raise its ugly head sooner or later. I'm a black woman born and raised in the south. "And 1 thang fo' certain, and 2 thangs fo' sho", the more things change the more things stay the same. This is true with with all things, especially racism and white supremacy.

[@randygreenfield4312]

Dwindled ?! … the klan is still up and running they don’t wear sheets , they wear police uniforms, suits , black ropes and military fatigues etc . Did you not see a Grand Wizard saying “ it was a victory for our people” on one of the past presidential victories . If the U.S wanted to break up the klan they could , they break up and destroy everything else

[@deaddocreallydeaddoc5244]

But not a BLM riot or maybe an Antifa riot, demonstration?

[@deaddocreallydeaddoc5244]

You have heard of the Nation of Islam? They are the black version of the KKK. But it doesn't bother you that Barak Obama was affiliated with them? Under Obama black on white violence rose to new levels and has not relented.

[@RememberKatrina2005]

Great report Danielle! Here is a factoid for you. The klan movie, Birth of a Nation was the first movie shown in the White House, in the East Room, on February 18, 1915.

[@nytn]

That is insane

[@gjford1951]

The President st the time said: "It's like writing history with lightning."

[@YTHatesMe-999]

​@@gjford1951Woodrow Wilson.

[@mikelgeren149]

Where can I get a copy on DVD ?

[@stephenfisher3721]

I recommend this film. It is available from Hoopla. "100 Years from Mississippi" is the journey of Mamie Lang Kirkland, a 111-year-old African American woman who returns to Mississippi a century after she survived racial terrorism full of hope and honor for its victims.

[@dirkdillary4925]

Look into Hiram Rhodes Revels the American Colored/Negro who served in US Congress for Mississippi in 1870 and 1871! Then research The Devils PunchBowl Natchez, MS 1865! We were taught that the “Union Soldiers” were the good guys but when you research the “Devils PunchBowl” Natchez, MS 1865, you see that Union Soldiers corralled 100k Free Negros (Men,Women,Children) and locked them into a concrete wall concentration camp and worked and starved them to death. “The Union Army did not allow them to remove the bodies from the camp,” Westbrook explained. “They just gave ’em shovels and said bury ’em where they drop.” Now ask yourself, How could 100K+ so called slaves converge onto one city? In Mississippi of all places? Did they have cell phones, Twitter, or Instagram?🤦🏾‍♂️ The city of Natchez was most likely already their city (the Colored/Negros) and those houses and the luxuries in Natchez were theirs. Now present day they are selling Victorian Homes from the 1860s in Natchez, MS! Make it make sense! Oh yeah, Look up Black Victorian's and go the images! You will be even more confused!

[@no-mess46]

She's not African American, but Mississippian. There's no such thing as the ridiculous misnomer African American

[@stephenfisher3721]

@@no-mess46 In 1989, Reverend Jesse Jackson, civil rights activist, promoted the term “African American” to build up pride and dignity.

[@stephenfisher3721]

@@no-mess46You don't like African American, OK! But Mississippian? How strange. This woman hated Mississippi; she had horrible memories of the State.

[@hainleysimpson1507]

@@no-mess46 Last i checked only native Americans from that region are mississsippian.

[@spiritwomanwarrior4211]

I thought California and Oregon were too liberal to have a KKK presence. I happened to visit southern California and was working with one of the Native American Tribes and the prejudice was palpable- probably the most uncomfortable I've ever felt. I was concerned for the Tribes who had to deal with this oppressiveness as well as other people of color. Oregon had a law that disallowed blacks to live in the state. I don't remember when the law was lifted but this was shocking. Blacks had to live in Washington and would come to Oregon to work only. Some Italians were even lynched and in one case there was an apology made to the country of Italy for the event. Thanks for the video and the info on VPNs. I too do this kind of research. -Spirit Woman

[@andrewalex7873]

The visuals of attacks, lynchings, murder, pedestrian crowd enjoying torture is in a book Without Sanctuary.

[@hdoubleye81]

I thought the former confederates of Scots American origin had a hand in the formation of the Klan. Even the flag of the Confederacy contains the Saltire (St. Andrews Cross), just as the flags of Jamaica 🇯🇲 and Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿, which has a long colonial past in Jamaica.

[@chaboi7]

Mark of cain? I've always wondered....

[@deaddocreallydeaddoc5244]

Scotland never had an empire in Jamaica. The UK did and some of the serving military were Scottish. The Saltire is a cool-looking design, so... It's on the British flag and the present flag of the State of Florida. The cross itself goes way back in time as St. Andrews' cross based on the myth of his crucifixion. The Freemasons use it in their symbology in the degrees in the order. This is where the KKK got it.

[@deaddocreallydeaddoc5244]

@@chaboi7 Oh, brother, what a wandering mind can come up with! Read my comment, below. (Stl Andrew's Cross, etc.)

[@chaboi7]

@deaddocreallydeaddoc5244 yes but I'm talking about even further back from that bud, that symbol goes further back

[@mikelgeren149]

13 stars of the Confederate Battle Flag represents the original thirteen States that join in union and signed the Treaty of Paris - Walter Williams a learned Black Man of the highest integrity .

[@YTPartyTonight]

Man, I've got so many stories I could tell related to matters of race. It would take me hours, maybe all day to tell it all. For another NYTN video, I wrote a pair comments about my father and his family lineage from Racalmuto, Agrigento, Sicily. I know you read those and liked them. Here's another snip of related trivia: When my father was starting his new career as a metallurgical engineer he was recruited from college by a very big steel maker which meant we had to move from Hamilton, Ontario to Valparaiso in Northwest Indiana. Indiana has a lot of history with the KKK, including Valparaiso University. It's been a private Lutheran school since the 1920s, through purchase by the Lutheran church. The Invisible Hand of the Ku Klux Klan tried to buy the then essentially bankrupt school after the Indiana state legislature refused to make VU a public university in 1923. The deal was blocked by some "legal technicalities". V.U. was bought by the Lutheran University Association in 1925. It's also where my brother went to college. //I've witnessed and experienced firsthand some weird stuff related to racism in my life, some of it not just in Indiana--e.g. a cross burning behind the end zone of the football field at my high school in the '80s--but also later in Chicago... and that's another story.

[@YTPartyTonight]

BTW, for some comic relief about this topic: Django Unchained KKK Horse Raid Scene

[@nytn]

Yes!! I already know it 😅

[@MADNEWYORKER914]

Talk about it!!!

[@REAPER01588]

I really do want to watch this but my adhd wont let me because of the audio. I' watching with headphones and I legit thought I was going deaf in my left ear, you're like 80-85% in my right ear and very faintly in the left.

[@floydsadler3559]

The first time I saw a burning cross was in Hanford, Ca in and around 1983. There was a huge group of Klansmen in the state back then.

[@godspirate6250]

Although the Templars had no association with the klan, the klans clothes were inspired from them. Templars wore black clothing for the first two years, then switched to white. Also, lookup Madge Oberholtzer. Horrid story, but it became the start of the demise of not only the klan in Indiana in 1925, but no one wanted to join a Klan that carried that kind of reputation and the numbers declined drastically..

[@hackman669]

Good get rid if these terrorist!🤗