[4CJ]

The KKK was not founded by the bolsheviks in the Dimocrap party.

You are correct, it was founded 24 Dec 1865, by six Confederate veterans who met in the office of Judge Thomas M. Jones, viz.: James R. Crowe, Calvin E. Jones, John B. Kennedy, John C. Lester, Frank O. McCord, and Richard B. Reed.

Forrest never served, nor was he the leader at any time - he was elected in absentia and never served. The only 'official' proclomation he ever made was for it to disband, and even then, that was written by Capt. John W. Morton.

[Gianni]

Nonetheless, the original targets were not freedmen, but carpetbaggers and those who carried out the military rule in the post-war. It was created in response to the denial of political rights to confederate vets, to create fear in among the leadership. The best men, such as Forrest, did what they could to kill it when it turned terrorism toward the freedmen.

What it became is just another unfortunate stain on American's shared history, and it was well established as a white supremacist terrorist group by the time Byrd came around.