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THE YEAR <strong>IN</strong> HATE & EXTREMISM<br />
190 KU KLUX KLAN<br />
With its long history of violence, the Klan is the most infamous — and oldest — of<br />
American hate groups. When the Klan was formed in 1865, it was a single, unitary<br />
organization. Today, there are dozens of competing Klan groups. Although black<br />
Americans have typically been the Klan’s primary target, it has also attacked Jews,<br />
immigrants, homosexuals, and Catholics.<br />
Aryan Nations Knights<br />
of the Ku Klux Klan<br />
Converse, LA<br />
Confederate White Knights<br />
of the Ku Klux Klan<br />
Rosedale, MD<br />
East Coast Knights Of The<br />
True Invisible Empire<br />
Delaware*<br />
Scranton, PA<br />
Wilkes-Barre, PA<br />
Eastern White Knights<br />
of the KKK, The<br />
Parkersburg, WV*<br />
North Carolina<br />
Imperial Klans of America<br />
Knights of the Ku Klux Klan<br />
Dawson Springs, KY<br />
International Keystone<br />
Knights of the Ku Klux Klan<br />
Vanndale, AR*<br />
Alabama<br />
Monticello, AR<br />
Georgia<br />
Mississippi<br />
Taylors, SC<br />
Nashville, TN<br />
Karolina Knights of<br />
the Ku Klux Klan<br />
Holly Springs, NC<br />
KKKRadio<br />
Harrison, AR<br />
Knights of the Ku Klux Klan<br />
Harrison, AR<br />
Knights Party<br />
Veterans League<br />
Harrison, AR<br />
Ku Klos Knights of<br />
the Ku Klux Klan<br />
Church Hill, TN*<br />
Hazel Green, AL<br />
Vance, AL<br />
Willits, CA<br />
Colorado Springs, CO<br />
Cape Coral, FL<br />
Hudson, FL<br />
Kokomo, <strong>IN</strong><br />
Muncie, <strong>IN</strong><br />
Harrodsburg, KY<br />
Springfield, MO<br />
Hickory, NC<br />
Plattsburgh, NY<br />
Wheelersburg, OH<br />
Tulsa, OK<br />
Bally, PA<br />
Oil City, PA<br />
Wormleysburg, PA<br />
Belvidere, TN<br />
Butler, TN<br />
Chattanooga, TN<br />
Erwin, TN<br />
Franklin, TN<br />
Kingsport, TN<br />
Knoxville, TN<br />
Memphis, TN<br />
Mooresburg, TN<br />
Nashville, TN<br />
Paris, TN<br />
Gatesville, TX<br />
Loyal White Knights<br />
of the Ku Klux Klan<br />
Leasburg, NC*<br />
Cullman, AL<br />
Springdale, AR<br />
California<br />
Ellijay, GA<br />
Clay City, IL<br />
Kokomo, <strong>IN</strong><br />
Florida<br />
Iowa<br />
Louisiana<br />
Mississippi<br />
New Hampshire<br />
New Mexico<br />
Hampton Bays, NY<br />
Norlina, NC<br />
Pelham, NC<br />
Ohio<br />
Oklahoma City, OK<br />
Export, PA<br />
South Carolina<br />
THE COURSE OF<br />
THE MODERN<br />
KU KLUX KLAN 28<br />
WA<br />
MT<br />
ND<br />
0<br />
0<br />
0<br />
NH 1<br />
MN<br />
1 VT 1 ME<br />
SD WI<br />
1<br />
OR ID 0 0<br />
0 0 WY<br />
MI<br />
NY<br />
0 IA 0<br />
3 MA 0<br />
NE 1 RI 1<br />
0 PA 9<br />
IL <strong>IN</strong> OH CT 1<br />
NV<br />
0 UT CO 3 3 5<br />
NJ 1<br />
0 1<br />
KS MO<br />
WV<br />
DE 2<br />
0 2<br />
CA<br />
KY 4 4 VA MD 2<br />
6 DC 1<br />
3 OK<br />
AZ NM 10 AR<br />
TN 16 NC 8<br />
8<br />
2 1<br />
SC<br />
MS AL GA 4<br />
TX LA 7 9 4<br />
52 8<br />
AK FL<br />
0 5<br />
HI<br />
0<br />
1990 2010<br />
2013 2014 2015<br />
221<br />
163<br />
72<br />
190<br />
44 splc intelligence report<br />
If the group has a known headquarters, it appears first in the listing of the group’s chapters and is marked with an asterisk (*).