The immune response to viral infection comprises innate and adaptive defenses. The innate response, which we have discussed previously, functions continuously in a normal host without exposure to any virus. Most viral infections are controlled by the innate immune system.
The original Ku Klux Klan was organized by ex-Confederate elements to oppose the Reconstruction policies of the radical Republican Congress and to maintain white supremacy..
In Pulaski, Tennessee, a group of Confederate veterans convenes to form a secret society that they christen the âKu Klux Klan.â The KKK rapidly grew from a secret social fraternity to a paramilitary force bent on reversing the federal governmentâs progressive Reconstruction Era-activities in the South, especially policies that elevated the rights of the local African American population.