Lineage of Ku Klux Klan organizations

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Below is a list of Ku Klux Klan organizations some showing the branching and relationship of various groups.

Lineage of Klan organizations

Invisible Empire, Knights of the Ku Klux Klan (1915) Atlanta, Georgia, leaders William Joseph Simmons, (December 1915-November 1922) Hiram Wesley Evans (November 1922-June 1939), James A. Colescott (June 1939-April 23, 1944)

Association of Georgia Klans (Georgia, May 21, 1944) founded by Dr. Samuel Green
Ku Klux Klan of Florida (Florida, September 1944) headed by A. B. Taylor
Federated Knights of the Ku Klux Klan (Alabama, June 21, 1946) headed by William H. Morris
Federated Klans of Alabama (Alabama, July 1949) headed by Dr. E. P. Pruitt
National Knights of the Ku Klux Klan (November 1, 1963-1987) was headed by James Venable, Tucker, Georgia
Knights of the Ku Klux Klan (1965)
Southern White Knights (1985) was headed by David Holland,Georgia
Original Southern Klans (Columbus, Georgia, June 30, 1948-February 1949) founded by Alton E. Pate
Southern Knights of the Ku Klux Klan (Tallahassee, Florida, January 1949) founded by Bill Hendrix
American Confederate Army (Orlando, Florida, early 1952) founded by Bill Hendrix
Southern and Northern Knights of the Ku Klux Klan headed by Bill Hendrix
United Klan (1953) headed by C. L. Parker
Associated Klans of America (Sam W. Roper – Atlanta, Georgia, September 1949)
Association of Carolina Klans (Thomas L. Hamilton - Charlotte, North Carolina, November 1949)
U.S. Klans, Knights of the Ku Klux Klan (Georgia, October 24, 1955) founded by Eldon Lee Edwards
North Carolina Knights of the Ku Klux Klan (Marion, South Carolina 1956) founded by James W. Cole
National Christian Knights of the Ku Klux Klan (Charlotte, North Carolina 1958) founded by Lester Caldwell
Gulf Coast Ku Klux Klan (Fall 1956-1967) headedy by Elmo C. Barnard of Mobile, Alabama
Aryan Knights of the Ku Klux Klan (Waco, Texas 1957) founded by Horace Sherman Miller
Dixie Klans, Knights of the Ku Klux Klan (Chattanooga, Tennessee, October 1957) founded by Jack William Brown
Alabama Knights of the Ku Klux Klan (Spring 1960) led by Robert Shelton
Association of Georgia Klans (1960) (August 1960) led by Charles H. Maddox
Invisible Empire, United Klans, Knights of the Ku Klux Klan of America (February 18, 1961 - July 8, 1961) founded by Robert Davidson and Calvin Craig
United Klans of America, leader Robert Shelton (July 8, 1961)
Knights of the Green Forest (Mississippi, ca. 1966)
Maryland Knights of the Ku Klux Klan (1966)
Universal Klans (Louisiana, March 1967) led by Jack M. Helm
Adamic Knights of the Ku Klux Klan (July 1967) led by Bill Sickles
Confederate Knights of the Ku Klux Klan (1967) led by George Dorsett and Calvin Craig
Independent Ku Klux Klan (Pennsylvania, Fall 1970) led by Albert Lentz
Improved Order of U.S. Klans, Knights of the Ku Klux Klan (Georgia, November 7, 1963) founded by Earl E. George
Knights of the Ku Klux Klan of America (Montgomery, Alabama, August 23, 1949) headed by Lycurgus Spinks

Lineage of other Klan organizations

Independent Mississippi Klan

Association of Alabama Knights (1957)

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Original Knights of the Ku Klux Klan (ca. 1955) led by John D. Swenson

White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, leader Samuel Bowers (Mississippi, 1964)
Original Ku Klux Klan of America Inc., leader Houston P. Morris (early 1965)

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Knights of the Ku Klux Klan (1974), leaders David Duke (Louisiana), Don Black (Alabama), Thom Robb (Arkansas)

Invisible Empire, Knights of the Ku Klux Klan (1975), leaders Bill Wilkinson (Louisiana, 1975-1982), James Blair (Alabama, 1982-1986), James Farrands (Connecticut 1986- )
Unified Klan (Connecticut, 1990s)
Canadian Knights of the Ku Klux Klan (January, 1978)
Federation of Klans, Knights Of The Ku Klux Klan (Chicago, 1994) headed by Ed Novak
California Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, leader Tom Metzger
Northwest Knights of the KKK, leader Kim Badynski

Additional Klan organizations

A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z

A

B

  • Brotherhood of Klans

C

D

  • Dixie Klans (ca. 1964)
  • Dixieland White Knights of the KKK (1998) Burleson, Texas

E

  • Empire Knights of the Ku Klux Klan
  • Essex-Middle River Knights of the KKK (1984) New Jersey

F

G

  • Georgia Konfederate Knights of the KKK, (2000) founded in Thomasville, Georgia
  • Georgia White Knights of the KKK (2002) Rossville, Georgia
  • Ghosts Riders of the KKK (1999) Lake Helen, Florida
  • Gulf Coast Ku Klux Klan, (1950s-1967) headedy by Elmo C. Barnard of Mobile, Alabama

H

  • Hyksos Klan (ca. 1960) Texas

I

  • Imperial Klans of America (2006)
  • Imperial Knights of the Ku Klux Klan (1960s) British Columbia
  • Imperial Order Knights Of The Ku Klux Klan
  • Improved Order of US Klans (1963) Lithonia, Georgia
  • Independent Knights of the KKK (IKKKK), (1950s)
  • International Association of Knights of the KKK (2000) Enoree, South Carolina
  • International Keystone of Knights of the KKK (1997) Johnstown, Pennsylvania
  • Invisible Empire, Knights Of The Ku Klux Klan (Exeter, New Hampshire)
  • Invisible Empire Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, headed by James Farrands (Sanford, North Carolina)
  • Invisible Klans of America (1980s)
  • Iron Riders Motorcycle Club (1991) Greenville, Tennessee

J

  • John B. Gordon Klan (1941) Miami, Florida

K

  • The Keystone Knights of the Ku Klux Klan (Pennsylvania, 1992)
  • Knights of the Confederacy (1950s) Georgia
  • Knights of the Green Forest (Mississippi)
  • Knights of the Invisible Empire (1968)
  • Knights of the Ku Klux Klan (1950s) led by the Rev. Perry E. Strickland of Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
  • Knights Of The Ku Klux Klan (Humansville, Missouri)
  • Knights Of The Ku Klux Klan (Realm Of Illinois)
  • Knights Of The Ku Klux Klan (Florida)
  • Knights of the Original Ku Klux Klan led by R. S. Davis of Dallas, Texas (ca. 1959)
  • Ku Klux Klan (Lodi, Ohio)
  • Ku Klux Klan (Winthrop, Illinois)

L

M

  • Manitoba Knights of the Ku Klux Klan (1990) headed by Bill Harcus
  • Maryland Knights of the Ku Klux Klan (1960s)
  • Militant Knights of the Ku Klux Klan headed Donald Joseph Ballentine of Jacksonville, Florida
  • Mississippi Christian Knights of the KKK
  • Mississippi Knights of the Ku Klux Klan (1960-1964) headed by Walter A. Bailey
  • Mississippi Royal Confederate Knights of the KKK (2000) Jackson, Mississippi
  • Mystic Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, Little Rock, Arkansas

N

  • Nacirema, Inc. (1960) Cobb County, Georgia
  • Nathan Bedford Forrest Klans, Inc. Jacksonville, Florida
  • National Knights of the Ku Klux Klans, Inc. (1964-1967)
  • Nation's Knights of the KKK (ca. 2002-2006) headed by Charles Barefoot of Beason, North Carolina
  • New Order Knights of the Ku Klux Klan (Edward Fields 1970s)
  • North Carolina Knights of the Ku Klux Klan (1969-1970s)

O

P

  • Palmetto Knights of the Ku Klux Klan (ca. 1957, South Carolina)

R

  • Rangers Of The Cross, Knights Of The Ku Klux Klan
  • Red River Parish Klan, Louisiana (ca. 1963)

S

T

  • Templar Knights Of The Ku Klux Klan
  • Texas Knights, Knights Of The Ku Klux Klan
  • True Knights of the KKK (1997-1998) founded in Boyd, Texas

U

  • Unified Klans of Indiana, Inc. (1970)
  • United Florida Ku Klux Klan (Jason Kersey, 1964)
  • United Klan of Florida
  • United Klans of Pennsylvania (Roy E. Frankhouser, Jr.)
  • United Knights of the Ku Klux Klan (1965)
  • Universal Klans of America (1970s) Louisiana
  • U.S. Klans (1990s) Mississippi
  • US Klans of Georgia
  • US Klans of Florida (1994) led by J. D. Alder
  • U.S. Knights Of The Ku Klux Klan

W

  • White Camelia Knights Of The Ku Klux Klan
  • White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan (Missouri)
  • White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan (Queens, New York City)
  • White Knights of Liberty (North Carolina)
  • World Knights headquarted in Sharpsburg, South Carolina

Independent Klans with no apparent predecessor

Source

White Rage, by Martin Durham, page 13.

See also

External links

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