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The progenitor of the revival was the publication of the Thomas Dixon novel, The Clansman in 1905. This romantic view of the post-Civil War south and the KKK, along with the rise of immigration (particularly from eastern and southern Europe) constitute what many view as the groundwork for the revival of the organization in 1915.

That re-emergence took place under the guidance of one William Simmons, a Methodist minister in Georgia, approximately at the same time that the cinema version of The Clansman premiered. That movie was D. W. Griffith's Birth of a Nation. Many accounts hold that Simmons, already a member of multiple organizations, was inspired by the movie, particularly since he wanted his name associated with the founding of some sort of "fraternal" (using that designation very loosely) organization.

So: the challenge is to thwart the KKK revival in 1915, or its great expansion beginning in 1920 under the malign tutelage of Edward Y. Clarke and Elizabeth Tyler. Prevent it outright, or curtail it so that it's a fraction of what it was in our timeline. Good luck.
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