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There are numerous right wing extremist groups that presently exist in modern America, and the Ku Klux Clan is one of them. The KKK was founded by six college students, who were also former Confederate officers, in Tennessee in 1966 (Anti-Defamation League). When the group realized the fear that their antics evoked in people, they used this to their advantage by recruiting new members. When the KKK grew large enough in numbers an organizational structure was formed. According to the article found on the Anti-Defamation League’s website, there was a supreme leader known as the Grand Wizard who served over the entire Klan, which was divided into “a number of realms, dominions, provinces and dens, which were in turn led by Grand Dragons, Titans, Giants and Cyclopes (Anti-Defamation League). Although the organization allowed the group to prosper in its infancy, the internal conflicts eventually impeded the organizations growth.