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2023-06-29 13:19:45 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 0372C47623362D4629296DB34EC1DC428030EFE917503D350A55A0D1B3B51299
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The Ku Klux Klan was formed as a social club by a group of Confederate Army veterans in Pulaski, Tennessee in the winter of 1865-66. The group adopted the name Ku Klux Klan from the Greek word "kyklos," meaning circle, and the English word clan. https://www.thirteen.org/wnet/jimcrow/stories_org_kkk.html https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/oct/24/blog-posting/no-democratic-party-didnt-create-klu-klux-klan/ https://apnews.com/article/archive-fact-checking-2336745806
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