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The '''Loyal White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan''' (abbreviated '''LWK''') is a [[Ku Klux Klan]] organization based in [[North Carolina]]. A [[Ku Klux Klan#Fifth Era (1981-present)|Fifth Era]] klan founded in the early [[2000s]],<ref>[http://www.kkkknights.com/ Loyal White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan] Page copyright 2003.</ref> the Loyal White Knights have been particularly active since 2011.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/user/LOYALWHITEKNIGHTS/about Loyal White Knights] YouTube account signed up December 5, 2011.</ref> It is led by Imperial Wizard [[Chris Barker]].

==Beliefs and membership==
The Loyal White Knights is a law-abiding White [[Christian]] organization which upholds the principles of [[100% Americanism]]. LWK seeks to restore the [[United States]] as a homeland for the [[White race]], and promotes an originalist understanding of the [[United States Constitution|Constitution]]. LWK teaches that all races have a homeland and one cannot be a Klansman with hate in his heart. Membership is open to men and women (Ladies of the Invisible Empire, L.O.T.I.E.) age 13 and up. Following a Probate period of about six months, approved applicants are naturalized (initiated) as full citizens of the Invisible Empire, and don their robes. LWK Klansmen and Klanswomen need attend at least one rally a year to remain active, and participate in a weekly Klan Klass, a group phone-in with members across the US.<ref name="FAQ">[http://www.kkkknights.com/faq-s.html Loyal White Knights FAQ's]</ref>

==Activities==
Loyal White Knights boasts of having never watered down its image or ideals,<ref name="FAQ"/> and has become among the best known traditionalist klans.<ref name="FAQ"/>

Following the [[Memphis, Tennessee|Memphis]] City Council's 9-0 vote to rename Nathan Bedford Forrest Park, Confederate Park, and Jefferson Davis Park with less "offensive" titles, the Loyal White Knights decried the City Council's vote to "erase all that our [[Anglo-Saxon]] race has to be proud of," and [[James Moore]], Grand Dragon for the Realm of [[Virginia]], described the act as part of “continuing cultural genocide [against] [[European-Americans|white Americans]].” On March 30 LWK held a Memphis rally in protest against the renaming, and together with the [[National Socialist Movement]], [[Aryan Nations]], [[Northern Mississippi White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan]], and [[International Keystone Knights of the Ku Klux Klan]] drew about 75 supporters. The event was followed by a [[cross lighting]] on private land. NSM National Director [[Jeff Schoep]] was deeply impressed by the organization and remarked that they "really fired things up."<ref>Jeff Schoep. [http://www.nsm88.org/reports/NSMMemphisRallyReport2013.htm Memphis Rally - Solidarity] National Socialist Movement. March 30, 2013. Accessed July 20, 2014.</ref><ref>[http://blog.adl.org/extremism/white-supremacists-to-stage-protest-over-memphis-parks White Supremacists To Stage Protest Over Memphis Parks] {{jew}} {{com}}. [[ADL]]. March 28, 2013. Accessed July 20, 2014.</ref>

The LWK's tactic of "Knight Riding," i.e. distribution of flyers and other recruitment material under the cover of night,<ref name="FAQ"/> has gained the group some notoriety. In 2013 and 2014 LWK distributed bags of [[candy]] along with interracial crime statistics in several locales in North and [[South Carolina]], as well as [[Springfield, Florida|Springfield]], [[Florida]], and [[Marshall, Texas|Marshall]] and [[Harleton, Texas|Harleton]], [[Texas]], continuing a Klan tradition of mixing activism with charity and goodwill.<ref>Matthew Zuras. [https://munchies.vice.com/articles/the-kkks-candy-campaign-is-only-its-latest-food-stunt/ The KKK’s Candy Campaign Is Only Its Latest Food Stunt] {{com}}. [[Vice (magazine)|Vice]] Munchies. July 18, 2014. Accessed July 20, 2014.</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of active Ku Klux Klans]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.kkkknights.com/ Loyal White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan]
* [http://www.loyalwhiteknightschat.spruz.com/ Loyal White Knights chat] on Spruz
* [http://www.youtube.com/user/LOYALWHITEKNIGHTS/ Loyal White Knights] on [[YouTube]]

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