<p> <br /><b>HISTORY CHANNEL PRESENTS KU KLUX KLAN: A SECRET HISTORY PART 5 OF 5</b> <br /><br /><b>Vocabulary</b> <br /><br />Membership in the Klan is secret, and the Klan, like many fraternal organizations, has signs members can use to recognize one another. A member may use the acronym AYAK (Are you a Klansman?) in conversation to surreptitiously identify himself to another potential member. The response AKIA (A Klansman I am) completes the greeting. <br /><br />Throughout its varied history, the Klan has coined many words beginning with "KL" including: <br /><br />-Klabee: treasurers <br />-Kleagle: recruiter <br />-Klecktoken: initiation fee <br />-Kligrapp: secretary <br />-Klonvocation: gathering <br />-Kloran: ritual book <br />-Kloreroe: delegate <br />-Kludd: chaplain <br /><br />All of the above terminology was created by William Simmons, as part of his 1915 revival of the Klan. The Reconstruction-era Klan used different titles; the only titles to carry over were "Wizard" (or Imperial Wizard) for the overall leader of the Klan, "Night Hawk" for the official in charge of security, and a few others, mostly for regional officers of the organization. <br /></p><p></p>
