How to Use Ku Klux Klan in a Sentence

Ku Klux Klan

noun
  • The founders of the modern Ku Klux Klan first set fire to a cross on that very rock.
    — Andre Henry, Los Angeles Times, 22 Mar. 2022
  • The rebel flag has been used by Ku Klux Klan groups and is widely condemned as racist.
    — Emily Wagster Pettus, chicagotribune.com, 4 Nov. 2020
  • The Ku Klux Klan was all around, as were his mother’s warnings about how to stay safe.
    — Christie D’zurilla, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2023
  • In fact, the Ku Klux Klan was a chief supporter of the measure.
    — Andrew Wimer, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025
  • Its displays included a Ku Klux Klan hood.
    — Shaddi Abusaid, AJC.com, 7 Feb. 2026
  • There were often threats to him by the Ku Klux Klan and other terrorist groups.
    — La'tasha Givens, CBS News, 26 Feb. 2026
  • It is best known for its work investigating the Ku Klux Klan.
    — Sarah N. Lynch, CBS News, 22 Apr. 2026
  • And in 1967, the Ku Klux Klan bombed the synagogue.
    — David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 11 Jan. 2026
  • The 1920s witnessed the resurgence of the Ku Klux Klan.
    — David Mislin, The Conversation, 27 Apr. 2026
  • They were arrested by a deputy sheriff, who was also a member of the Ku Klux Klan.
    — USA TODAY, 20 Feb. 2024
  • The law under which he was charged was originally passed to combat the Ku Klux Klan.
    — Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 19 July 2024
  • In 1928, the second-place winner in one of the races was a horse named Ku Klux Klan.
    — Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 2 Oct. 2023
  • Some of Jackson’s white coworkers were members of the Ku Klux Klan.
    — Equal Justice Initiative, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
  • One page depicts a Ku Klux Klan member in a white robe that has Millwall's logo on the chest.
    — ABC News, 24 Apr. 2026
  • But don’t forget, coming with that agenda were the most wild and hateful type of movements … the Ku Klux Klan.
    — Ethan Baron, Mercury News, 1 May 2026
  • One of the first contributors was the Ku Klux Klan, which promised $1,000.
    — Richard Selcer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Nov. 2025
  • The photo on Northam's yearbook page shows two men, one in blackface and the other in a Ku Klux Klan robe and hood.
    — Tyler O'Neil, Fox News, 10 Jan. 2022
  • My wife’s maternal grandfather was an officer in the Ku Klux Klan.
    — Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2024
  • Jim considers some uniforms and swords used by Ku Klux Klan leaders to be the most controversial items.
    — Russ Wiles, AZCentral.com, 23 Aug. 2025
  • It was originally designed to target vigilante groups such as the Ku Klux Klan.
    — Josh Funk, Chicago Tribune, 31 Jan. 2026
  • Among its many distinctions, SPLC is known for bankrupting the Ku Klux Klan.
    — Clarence Page, Chicago Tribune, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Now, five decades after its oldest members survived a firebombing by the Ku Klux Klan, members are once again faced with an attack.
    — Bracey Harris, NBC news, 14 Jan. 2026
  • While driving activists between cities, Liuzzo was killed by members of the Ku Klux Klan after the march.
    — Dana Afana, Freep.com, 29 Oct. 2025
  • The Fergusons funded public education and stood up to the Ku Klux Klan.
    — Dave Lieber, Dallas News, 28 June 2023
  • An informant for the FBI quickly identified members of the Ku Klux Klan as her killers.
    — Gary Fields, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2026
  • In the final stretch of Sinners, Smoke is forced to confront the non-supernatural threat of the Ku Klux Klan.
    — Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Mar. 2026
  • In the final stretch of Sinners, Smoke is forced to confront the non-supernatural threat of the Ku Klux Klan.
    — Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Jan. 2026
  • Until then, the SPLC mainly made money off of its donor base’s disdain toward the Ku Klux Klan.
    — Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 25 Apr. 2026
  • When the Ku Klux Klan are marching down the street, unmasked, one of them is a town leader and Leo’s character casually says hello.
    — Sean Woods, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2023
  • Since the Ku Klux Klan’s resurgence in 1915, white supremacists have pushed for white control of society.
    — Art Jipson, The Conversation, 11 June 2025

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