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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 (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 (1949)|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==
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==A==
* Alabama Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, Inc., (Alabama, 1960-1966)
* [[Alabama Ku Klux Klan]], Inc. (1957) 
* [[American Order of Clansmen]] (1915) San Francisco, California 
* Arkansas Knights Of The Ku Klux Klan
* Aryan Christian Knights
* Aryan Reformation Knights of the KKK (2003) founded in Indianapolis, Indiana
* Aryan White Knights of the KKK (1997) founded in Jasper, Alabama
* Associated Klans of America (ca. 1949) led by [[Samuel Roper]] of Atlanta
* [[Association of Arkansas Klans]] (1960s)
* [[Association of South Carolina Klans]] ([[Robert E. Hodges]], 1950s)
* Association of South Carolina Knights of the Ku Klux Klan

==B==
* Brotherhood of Klans
==C==
* California Knights of the Invisible Empire ([[Wesley A. Swift]])
* California Knights of the Ku Klux Klan (William V. Fowler—La Crescenta CA, 1966)
* [[Carolinian Knights of the Ku Klux Klan]] (1980)
* Catholic Klan (1967) 
* Christian Knights of the Ku Klux Klan (1960s) ([[James Colescott]] / [[J. B. Stoner]])
* [[Christian Knights of the KKK]] (1990s) headed by ([[Horace King]])
* [[Christian Knights of the Invisible Empire]] ([[Wesley Swift]], [[Bertrand Comparet]], [[William Gale]]—Lancaster CA)
* Church of the National Knights of the Ku Klux Klan (Indiana)
* Confederate Knights of America (1990s) headed by [[Tony Boyce]]
* Confederation of Independent Orders (1970s) headed by [[William Chaney]]
* Confederate Vigilantes Knights of the KKK
* Crusader Knights of the Ku Klux Klan

==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==
* Federation (Association)? of Carolina Klans (November 1949) headed by [[Thomas L. Hamilton]]
* Federation of Ku Klux Klan, Alabama (1960)
* Fiery Cross Knights of the KKK 
* Flaming Sword Knights of the KKK (2003) South Vineland, New Jersey 
* Florida Ku Klux Klan, (1950s) likely headed by [[J. E. Fraser]]
* [[Florida Knights of the Ku Klux Klan]] headed by [[Don Cochran]] of Jacksonville. 
* [[Florida White Knights]]

==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==
* Liberty Knights of the KKK
* [[Longitude 74 Ku Klux Klan]] (1990) Montreal, Canada
* Lookout Mountain Knights of the KKK
* [[Loyal White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan]] (early 2000s)

==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==
* Oklahoma White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan ([[Dennis Mahon]] 1988) 
* Old Florida Ku Klux Klan (1967)
* Original Ku Klux Klan of the Confederacy ([[Asa Carter]] 1950s)
* [[Original Southern Klans, Inc.]] ([[Fred New]] and [[Jack Johnson]] late 1940s, Columbus, Georgia)
* Orion Knights

==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==
* Saint Augustine Klan (1964)
* South Carolina Klan ([[James Bagwell]])
* Southern and Northern Knights of the Ku Klux Klan (1950s)
* [[SS Knights of the KKK]] 
* [[Star Klans]] (1949)

==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==
* [[Christian Knights of the Ku Klux Klan]] (Kentucky, 1959) founded by [[J. B. Stoner]].

==Source==
''White Rage'', by Martin Durham, page 13.

==See also==
* [[List of ranks, titles, and terms of the Ku Klux Klan]]
* [[Knights of the Ku Klux Klan]]
* [[List of active Ku Klux Klans]]
* [[List of Citizens Councils]]
* [[Lineage of American fascist organizations and individuals]]
* [[List of fascist meetings and demonstrations in America]]

==External links==
* [https://archive.org/stream/foia_FBI_monograph-Klan_Organizations-Section_III_1958-1964/FBI_monograph-Klan_Organizations-Section_III_1958-1964#page/n81/mode/1up FBI assessment of 14 Klans as of November 1964]
* [https://archive.org/stream/activitiesofkukl00unit#page/n5/mode/1up HUAC hearings on Ku Klux Klan activities (ca. 1968)]

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