During Reconstruction, there were a number of white supremacist paramilitary groups that were organized in order to resist the reconstruction measures. While the Ku Klux Klan was the most famous group, it overlapped in membership and ideology with a number of others. In some cases, they were virtually indistinguishable from each other.Christopher Long, "Ku Klux Kklan", Handbook of Texas Online (http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/vek02), accessed June 29, 2012. Published by the Texas State Historical Association.
