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The '''Ku Klux Klan''' ('''KKK'''), a [[Wikipedia:Ku Klux Klan|national organization]] known for white supremacist ideology and [[Wikipedia:Hate group|hate group]] tactics of violence and intimidation, has had several incarnations in the Pensacola area.
==Origins==
The Ku Klux Klan and similar clubs were formed during the [[Reconstruction]] era by Southern whites fearful of enfranchised and increasingly puissant blacks. Former [[Mayor of Pensacola|mayor]] [[W. E. Anderson]] recalled the formation of a group in Pensacola:
<blockquote>A number of us men here in Pensacola, feeling that we were living over a volcano that was likely to explode at any time, formed an organization for protection in case anything happened. We formed it in this way. A few of us had a talk, and passed work around to those who we thought would approve the idea to meet on a certain night quietly—the object being in no way to attract attention. Some twenty-five or thirty of us met, and one, acting as the spokesman, outlined the purpose of our coming together. He said that is was to form some sort of organization in case of trouble with the negroes. We elected officers and took an inventory of the firearms of the members. Fortunately, there was never any use for this organization.<ref>Davis Watson. ''The Civil War and Reconstruction in Florida''.</ref></blockquote>
==Lochas incident==
