Ku Klux Klan (KKK) is the name of several past and present secret domestic militant organizations in the United States, originating in the Southern states and eventually having national scope, that are best known for advocating white supremacy and acting as terrorists while hidden behind conical hats, masks and white robes. The KKK has a record of terrorism, violence, and lynching to intimidate, murder, and oppress African Americans, Jews and other minorities and to intimidate and oppose Roman Catholics and labor unions.

 

For some states, historians have obtained membership rosters of some local units and matched the names against city directory and local records to create statistical profiles of the membership. Big city newspapers were often hostile and ridiculed Klansmen as ignorant farmers. Detailed analysis from Indiana showed the rural stereotype was false for that state:

Indiana's Klansmen represented a wide cross section of society: they were not disproportionately urban or rural, nor were they significantly more or less likely than other members of society to be from the working class, middle class, or professional ranks. Klansmen were Protestants, of course, but they cannot be described exclusively or even predominantly as fundamentalists. In reality, their religious affiliations mirrored the whole of white Protestant society, including those who did not belong to any church.

 

David Duke in Flanders, Belgium, 2008
Member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from the 81st district
In office 1989 – 1992
Preceded by	Chuck Cusimano
Succeeded by	David Vitter
Born	July 1, 1950 (1950-07-01) (age 58) Tulsa, Oklahoma
Political party	Democratic (until 1988) Republican (since 1988)
Spouse	Chloê Eleanor Hardin (m. 1974, div. 1984)
Children	Erika Duke Kristin Duke
Residence	Mandeville, Louisiana
Occupation	Academic, Author, Political Activist
Religion	Christian[1]
Website	http://www.davidduke.com

he is old he will not depart from it.Proverbs 22:6