There are many dates that are key moment s for the Ku Klux Klan. They were were first founded on 24th December 1866. By the 1870s they were spread all across the southern states, however, later that year southern Governments decided to take action by sending forces to suppress Klan movements and by 1876 the south was under Democratic control. White Protestant nativist later revived the Ku Klux Klan in 1915, by 1920 the Klan peaked with 4 million followers. With thanks to the Great Depression, from 1930 the Klan reduced until it was disbanded again in 1944 but only temporally. From the 1950s onwards, the Ku Klux Klan were not officially formed but several other group made public statements through bombing, beatings, shootings and other illegal acts under the Klans name. and this carried on even up till now. by 1990s there was an estimate that there are between 6’000 and 10’000 members.

There is a scene int he book ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’ where Jem is concerned that the KKK is after him due to his views on black people. Atticus made a reference of the Klan in the 1920s and then stated ‘The Ku Klux’s gone, it’ll never come back’. this shows that Atticus stand by his opinion on black people and that he is not intimidated. However you can see the irony as the Klan is reformed again after WWII.