A Ku Klux Klan wedding in Washington DC, during the mass Klan demonstration, 1925. From left to right, Carson Sanders (the best man), Mr and Mrs Charles E. Harris (the bride and groom), Miss Dorothy Lucas (sister of the bride) and Reverend Carroll Maddox of the First MP Church of Washington. (Photo by FPG/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
How the KKK's failures became lessons for White power
Since Christmas Eve in 1865, membership in the Ku Klux Klan ignited and multiplied three separate times, in each instance enacting brutal violence and terror -- but the Klan's power never held for long. Though only 2 dozen Klan groups exist today, its continued importance lies in a far more elusive and sinister legacy. "The People v. The Klan" is now available on demand via CNNgo.
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A Ku Klux Klan wedding in Washington DC, during the mass Klan demonstration, 1925. From left to right, Carson Sanders (the best man), Mr and Mrs Charles E. Harris (the bride and groom), Miss Dorothy Lucas (sister of the bride) and Reverend Carroll Maddox of the First MP Church of Washington. (Photo by FPG/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
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