1979 Event 5 mortally wounded during anti-Ku Klux Klan demonstration in NC 1925 Event 1st national march of Ku Klux Klan (200,000) in Washington, D.C. 1923 Event Baltimore Sun warns of Ku Klux Klan 1915 Event Ku Klux Klan receives charter from Fulton County Ga 1871 Event Ku Klux Klan trials began in Federal District Court in SC 1871 Event President Grant condemns Ku Klux Klan 1869 Event Tennessee Governor W. C. Brownlow declares martial law in Ku Klux Klan crisis 1865 Event Several Confederate veterans form Ku Klux Klan in Pulaski, Tn