The Ku Klux Klan began in 1865. In Greek it means kyklos meaning "circle". the group was formed from Confederate veterans in Pulaski, Tennessee, and then in the summer of 1866 they began organizing their own convention and later established a settlement in what they called "an invisible empire of south ". Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest was the first. chosen leader or “grand wizard” of the KKK, he was in charge of the great dragons, the great titans and the great cyclops. Its peak was in the 1920s, the klan numbered more than 4 million people nationwide. in 1869, after a short period of time, he attempted to dismantle the group after they were overwhelmed by excessive violence, it was as if they were addicted to killing black people. But it didn't come to fruition. In a few southern states, Republicans tried to create their own small group to break the klan, but once again their plan was not successful. And then he tried again a few months later because he felt the group was becoming corrupt and officially shut down the group. But local organizations known as Klaverns continued to act on their own calling and consider themselves members of the klan. They primarily went to places with a larger population of African Americans, such as Birmingham, Alabama. From 1948 to 1957, there were 48 unsolved cases. racist bombings in Birmingham alone. Birmingham was Alabama's largest and most volatile city. Its black population was severely segregated in many ways, economically, socially, and especially in the job market, where they were confined to menial, low-paying jobs. in just one month, in 1957, four black churches were bombed in Birmingham, along with seven private residences... middle of paper ... hem to the bar where many were convicted for the bombings. bombing 963 until the day of Bobby Frank Cherry's conviction on May 22, 2002, he was the last man to be convicted of the bombings, almost 39 years had passed. Many of the witnesses, participants, and investigators in this case have long since passed away. Even the civil rights era had faded into history. The Ku Klux Klan, which still exists today, does not possess the power and influence it wielded in the 1950s and early 1960s. Birmingham, too, has changed for the better and no longer looks like hardly to herself. She underwent a total transformation by separating herself from a horrible past and embracing a better, more hopeful future. The Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, where all those children were killed, still stands and has become a historic landmark of the civil rights era..