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media type="custom" key="8900502"media type="youtube" key="fYh8MOnAgv8?rel=0" height="510" width="640" The Ku Klux Klan is in front of the Palace Hotel parading and holding the American flag. The Ku Klux Klan was formed in 1866 by former confederate soldiers in Pulaski, Tennessee. They were a forefront of movement to restrict immigration. The K.K.K. flourished in the south after the civil war and used threats and violence to intimidate newly freed African Americans The new Klan had other targets such as, catholics jews, immigrants,and other groups said to be "UN-American." In 1920, the Klan claimed to be fighting for "Americanism." founded by William j. Simmons the K.K.K. in Georgia.