I hope someone on this thread already countered the Democrats KKK misinformation. The Southern Democrats are not the Democrats of today. Just like the Republicans of old are not the Republicans of today. Somewhere the Depression and through the Civil Rights movement both parties evolved and devolved. To compare the parties of today to the past is apples and oranges, a diversion, lack of education and manipulation of facts. https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/grant-kkk/