The Ku Klux Klan is Americas most notorious white supremacist group and 2015 marked their 150th year anniversary, it was also a year which saw escalating racial violence in the United States, in this turbulent climate the KKK claim their membership numbers are on the rise and they are trying to appeal to the younger generation.
At its peak the KKK had an estimated 5 million members, thousands of African Americans were tortured and murdered by lynch mobs and the Ku Klux Klan but their numbers saw a sharp decline in the 60’s.
In this film Dan Vernon gains rare access into the Klan, spending 7 months with the Traditionalist American Knights who state to be the fastest growing KKK group in America, some of their traditions remain the same but they claim they have left violence behind.
Follow Dan as he takes us on a dark journey through this Missouri chapter of the KKK and learn how the group operates in modern day society.
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