After the 1915 premiere of D.W. Griffith's The Birth of a Nation, there was a resurgence in the Ku Klux Klan in America. By the mid-1920s, nearly 4 million Americans claimed Klan membership, making them a powerful political force.
    
      
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    The First Resurgence
After the 1915 premiere of D.W. Griffith's The Birth of a Nation, there was a resurgence in the Ku Klux Klan in America. By the mid-1920s, nearly 4 million Americans claimed Klan membership, making them a powerful political force.
 
                  
                 
                  
                 
                  
                 
                         
                         
                         
            
              
             
            
             