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-from 1865 to 1871, the firt KKK was formed.
-from 1868 to 1870, the KKK reached their peak of power.
-from 1870 to 1871, a legislation called the Klan Act was passed to combat the klan. They were criminal codes which protected African-Americans' right to vote, to hold office, to serve on juries and recieve equal protection of laws.
-from 915 to 1944, the KKK was recieved as invisible Empire Nights of the KKK.
-From 1949 to present day, the KKK broke down into groups after the leader; Samuel Green's death. He was trying to revive the klan because of Civil Rights activity. Since there was no longer a leader, the group broke apart ino smaller groups.
-From 1955 to 1968, the African-American Civil Rights Movement ocurred. The goal was to end racial segregation and discrimination against black Americans, and to secure legal recognition and federal protection of the citizenship rights.
-On Sunday, September 16th, 1963, at the African-American 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, four members of the Ku Klux Klan bombed the Church. This was a major event that contributed to the Civil Right Movement, and contributed to gaining more support for the Civil Rights Act of 1963.
-The Greensboro Massacre ocurred on November 3, 1979 in Greensboro, North Carolina, United States. At a rally, where people were marching, and opposing the clan, five protest marchers were shot and killed by members of the Ku Klux Klan and the America Nazi Party. The purpose of the "Death to the Klan March" and protest was that the Communist Workers' Party, wanted more black industrial workers in the area.
-A young African man named Michael Donal, was lynched in 1981 by two Ku Klux Klan members in Mobile, Alabama. He was abruptly beaten, his throat was cut, and he was hung from a tree. Events like this helped to get more people involved in the movement towards racial equaity.

Individuals and Groups against the KKK
-NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People) was an association that asked