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What is the origin of the name KKK? The name Ku Klux Klan was most likely originated from the Greek word kuklos, meaning circle. Also, Klan was considered another version for the word clan, so the foundeâ¦rs of the KKK must have merged these words together to form the name of their organization, Ku Klux Klan.
Keith S. Hebert, University of West Georgia. The modern Ku Klux Klan, originally founded in 1867 during Reconstruction, is a white supremacist organization that was resurrected in the 1950s to terrorize African Americans and supporters of the modern civil rights movement.uring the civil rights movement, the Klan was responsible for carrying out some of the period's most violent assaults. In 1956, during the Montgomery Bus Boycott, Klansmen set dynamite in the home of Martin Luther King Jr. while his wife, Coretta, and newborn baby were inside.