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With terrorism being one of the hot topics around the world today, you won't want to miss this book about the first American terrorist group, the KKK. In They Called Themselves the KKK: the birth of an American terrorist group, Susan Campbell Bartoletti brings to life the terror that spread across America. In harrowing first-person accounts, she tells the story of former slaves who tried to make a new life for themselves after the Civil War. What started as a group of 6 men in Pulaski, Tennessee eventually spread to other parts of the United States. This group or club, as they called themselves, would become know as the "Invisible Empire" who mission was to spread physical and psychological terror among  former slaves who tried to vote, worship, get an education or own land. They took their inspiration from fraternity rites with secret handshakes and passwords that spread from den to den. Take a glimpse into America's first secret terrorist group the Ku Klux Klan and prepare to be surprised..