1. The Rebirth of the KKK s
3-6 Million Members

2. Ku Klux Klan
America's oldest, most visible, and most infamous hate group
White supremacy and anti-immigration
Hostile towards Jews, Muslims, Immigrants to America, Asians, Homosexuals, Catholics,

3. End of 1st, Beginning of 2nd
Becoming disorganized
Started to be seen as the true criminals
Being suppressed by other groups
Ceased to exist for decades until William J. Simmons began a recreation with only 2 returning members of the original Klan

4. Events Leading to Rebirth
The film Birth of a Nation
Leo Frank’s 1913
William J. Simmons at Stone Mountain

5. Birth of a Nation Directed by D. W. Griffith
Based on the book and play, The Clansmen by Thomas Dixon Jr.
Glorified the original Klan and began a new Klan craze
Much of the Ku Klux Klan’s iconography are derived from the film
Influence and popularity were enhanced by a widely reported endorsement by U.S. President Woodrow Wilson.

7. Leo Frank Jewish man Convicted of the rape and murder of Mary Phagan
After a 25 day trial, Frank was found guilty
Northern factory owners exploiting southerners
Knights of Mary Phagan
Lynched

8. William J. Simmons Official founder of 2nd Klan
Wrote his own prospectus for a reincarnation of the organization
Involved with lynching of Leo Frank and Stone Mountain
Organized 15 men to burn a cross on Stone Mountain on Thanksgiving of 1915
Declared himself the Imperial Wizard of the Invisible Empire of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan

9. Stone Mountain, Georgia
Setting of the 1915 revival
Hooded mob bet November 25, 1915
A cross was lit, and the oath was administered by Nathan Bedford Forrest II
Witnessed by the owner of Stone Mountain, Samuel Venable, who granted the Klan rights
"let freedom ring from Stone Mountain of Georgia!" –Martin Luther King Jr.
Klan was able to influence the ideology of the carving

11. The New Klan Emphasized the new costumes Secret rituals and rallies
The Klan also organized to oppose the teaching of evolution in the schools

13. Symbols and Activities
Burning of the cross: a symbol of intimidation
Costume: “Glory Suit” regalia
Symbol on the robe: red circle with a cross and a blood drop in the middle
Violence was not uncommon
Lynching: illegal execution of an accused person by a mob
Southerners felt threatened after the Civil war
Wanted to Maintain white supremacy
Estimated that between 1880 and 1920, an average of two African Americans a week were lynched in the United States.

15. Political Influence Spread from South to Midwest and Northern States
Turned Anaheim, California into model Klan State
Played a significant role at the 1924 Democratic National Convention
Worked for political and social reform
Members served in state legislatures and Congress, and were elected to the governorship in several states.

17. Fall and Resistance
The scandal surrounding the murder trial of D.C. Stephenson destroyed its image
By 1926 the Klan had weakened
Many groups began speaking out against the Klan
Attacked and referred to as violent and "un-American“

18. Year
Membership
1920
4,000,000
1924
6,000,000
1930
30,000
1980
5,000
2008
6,000
Springfeild, Ohio
1923

19. After the 2nd Klan
“Ku Klux Klan” used by many independent local groups opposing the Civil Rights Movement and desegregation
Several members of KKK groups were convicted of murder in the deaths of civil rights workers
Individual Klan groups in Birmingham, Alabama began to resist social change and blacks' improving their lives by bombing houses in transitional neighborhoods.
"Bombingham"
Current Klans across the nation hold about 5,000 members