Forrest's election to Grand Wizard was in what year?
1865
1869
1871
1867
Answer
Forrest was elected Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan in 1867, shortly after the end of the American Civil War. The Klan, a white supremacist organization, aimed to terrorize and suppress African Americans, maintain white supremacy, and undermine the Reconstruction efforts to establish racial equality. Forrest's leadership solidified the Klan's reputation as a symbol of hate and racial violence.
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