Was the Ku Klux Klan of the 1920's Extremist?

Was the Ku Klux Klan of the 1920's Extremist? In the nineteen-twenties an organization was reborn called the Second Ku Klux Klan; the motives of the organization are very controversial. Being that some believe that the group was just an organization to protect the American way of life, and other view the Ku Klux Klan as a racist terrorist organization that was set up to persecute any minority that the KKK felt threatened by. One …

…extremist organization. Bibliography *Bennett, David H., "Traditional Nativism's Last Stand" Taking Sides 10th Edition. Guilford, CT:McGraw-Hill/Dushkin. 2003. Pgs144-153 *Coben, Stanley., "The Guardians" Taking Sides 10th Edition. Guilford, CT:McGraw-Hill/Dushkin. 2003. Pgs144-153 *Horowitz, David A. "The Normality of Extremism: the Ku Klux Klan Revisited." Society. Sep-Oct 1998: v35 n6 p71(7). *Rhomberg, Chris. "White Nativism and Urban Politics: The 1920s Ku Klux Klan in Oakland, California." Journal of American Ethnic History Winter 1998: v117 n2 p39(17).