Former Lieutenant General Nathan Bedford Forrest, along with five other former officers of the Army of the Confederate States, establish the first Ku Klux Klan as a social club to celebrate their European heritage.
Postscript: Forrest quit the KKK when it turned to violence.
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Authority:
Tennessee Constitution of 1834, Article I, Section 23
www.knoxcounty.org/criminalcourt/pdfs/Tennessee-Constitution.pdf
References:
“Today in History,” Orange County (California) Register, 24 December 2010, News:3.
Ku Klux Klan – Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ku_Klux_Klan#First_KKK
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