Since its inception, the KKK has employed a variety of salute and hand signs both publically and privately. Learn about the most common KKK gesture.

The hood and robes of Ku Klux Klan members are the most visible Klan symbol of all. Read about the history and current meanings behind the Klan’s robes.

The "Mystic Insignia of a Klansman" (the Blood Drop Cross) is the primary symbol related to the Ku Klux Klan. Learn more about this iconic hate symbol.

One of the most potent hate symbols is the burning cross, popularized as a terror symbol by the Ku Klux Klan.

311 is a number used by Ku Klux Klan members to refer to the Klan. The elenth letter of the alphabet is the letter "K"; thus 3 times 11 equals "KKK," i.e., Ku Klux Klan.

The number 33 is used by Ku Klux Klan adherents to signify the Ku Klux Klan: since the 11th letter of the alphabet is K, three Ks signify "KKK" or the Ku Klux Klan. Klan members will frequently follow this with the number 6, to indicate the historical "era" of the Klan they think the Klan currently is in.

KIGY is Ku Klux Klan shorthand for "Klansman I Greet You."

AKIA is Ku Klux Klan shorthand for "A Klansman I Am."

AYAK is Ku Klux Klan shorthand for "Are You A Klansman?"

KLASP is a Ku Klux Klan acronym for "Klannish Loyalty, A Sacred Principle."

FGRN is a Ku Klux Klan acronym for "For God, Race and Nation," a common Klan slogan.

ITSUB is a Ku Klux Klan acronym for "In The Sacred Unfailing Being," a reference to God. It is one of many Klan acronyms created by the Second Ku Klux Klan that emerged in 1915.

KABARK is a Ku Klux Klan acronym for "Konstantly Applied By All Regular Klansmen." Today it is essentially meaningless and only used as a "sign off" in on-line messages by Klan group members.