Ku Klux Klan

The Ku Klux Klan (KKK) was an American white supremacist group, based in NSF-controlled Cuba during the final stage of its existence. The KKK can be cleanly divided into three separate historical eras. It was initially founded in the Southern United States in 1865, following the defeat of the Confederacy in the Slavers' War, acting as a reactionary secret society during the Reconstruction era. Seeking to overthrow Republican-lead state governments and to re-instate the Confederacy, they were frequently reponsible for acts of violence against the African population. Members would wear white cloaks, masks and pointed hats to hide their identities. The First Klan had largely disintegrated by 1872 following large-scale crackdowns by the federal government.

A new organization styling itself after the Reconstruction-era Klan, known by historians as the "Second Klan" was founded in 1915, inspired by the silent film Birth of a Nation. The Second Klan grew rapidly nationwide, and widened their scope to also target Catholics, Jews and immigrants. Following the end of the Great War in 1918, the Second Klan would come into direct conflict with the African-American Civil Rights Movement, lead by black war veterans dissatisfied with being treated as second-class citizens at home after having "served their country". The first major open eruption of conflict between this nascent movement and the far-right came on 25 September 1919, when armed black veterans and trade unionists attempted to halt the lynching of a fellow African-American veteran, sparking the three-day long Omaha Race Riot. With segregation having been effectively ended within the military due to the demands of the Great War, fraternization between both white and black soldiers, many of whom had grown sympathetic towards communism accelerated, allowing for the development of cross-racial anti-segregation alliances, spearheded by the Socialist Labor Party. As a result, the Second Klan would quickly identify communists as a key enemy.