what year did the kkk form
Six Confederate veterans from Pulaski, Tennessee created the original Ku Klux Klan on December 24, 1865, during the Reconstruction of the South after the Civil War. The name was formed by combining the Greek kyklos (ÎºÏÎºÎ»Î¿Ï, circle) with clan. The group was known for a short time as the Kuklux Clan.