Name: Ku Klux Klan
Duration: 171
Description: Following the Civil War, the Ku Klux Klan emerges to suppress and victimize newly freed slaves.

Following the Civil War, the Ku Klux Klan emerges to suppress and victimize newly freed slaves.

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