As a point of information, most people get their information about the KKK from the movies.
Burning the cross was not done at kkk rallies until the movie Birth of a Nation came out. It was used in the movie because if you shoot a scene at night, you need a light source. The KKK figure if it was good in the movie it was something they should start.
If I remember correctly about half of the lynchings by the kkk were blacks, half were OTHER THAN BLACKS.
I have a family story about the KKK holding a rally on my grandfathers acreage just outside of northwest Iowa town. I remember asking my Dad why would they do that, there weren’t any blacks in town. The response was No, but there were Catholics.
The KKK was against a lot of things, blacks, Catholics, Irish, Jews, etc............................
Republicans were the KKK first target...its funny the left like to say slavery is the US original sin...but never holds the Democrats to the same slavery original sin lable..
Just fact.. the Republican party was born as an anti slavery party.. the Democrats were the slavery party... but the left selectively applies the slavery/sin label because it is not about truth..its a political weapon