White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan - Revision history

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	'''White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan of Mississippi''' was a major White resistance [[Ku Klux Klan]] organization based in [[Mississippi]] in the mid-[[1960s]]. Unlike other national Klan organizations which at the time lead open rallies against [[racial integration]], the White Knights operated [[underground]] using terror tactics including murder and [[List of Southern Resistance Bombings\|bombings]] in a battle against the federal government, civil rights organizations, and jewish institutions. At times the group issued a flyer publication titled ''[[The Klan-Ledger]]''.		'''[[White]] [[Knights of the Ku Klux Klan]] of Mississippi''' was a major White resistance [[Ku Klux Klan]] organization based in [[Mississippi]] in the mid-[[1960s]]. Unlike other national Klan organizations which at the [[time]] lead open rallies against [[racial integration]], the White Knights operated [[underground]] using terror tactics including murder and [[List of Southern Resistance Bombings\|bombings]] in a battle against the federal [[government]], civil [[rights]] organizations, and [[jewish]] institutions. At times the group issued a flyer publication titled ''[[The Klan-Ledger]]''.

	A 1964 FBI assessment of the group listed it as the second largest Klan in America--behind the [[United Klans of America]]--with 1939 members, 57 [[klavern]]s in Mississippi and five in Tennessee.<ref>[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 Klan Organizations 1958-1964 (FBI publication)]</ref>		A 1964 FBI assessment of the group listed it as the second largest Klan in [[America]]--behind the [[United Klans of America]]--with 1939 members, 57 [[klavern]]s in Mississippi and five in Tennessee.<ref>[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 Klan Organizations 1958-1964 (FBI publication)]</ref>

	[[Sam Bowers]] was the [[Imperial Wizard]] and leader of the organization.		[[Sam Bowers]] was the [[Imperial Wizard]] and leader of the organization.
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	'''White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan of Mississippi''' was a major White resistance [[Ku Klux Klan]] organization based in [[Mississippi]] in the mid-[[1960s]]. Unlike other national Klan organizations which at the time lead open rallies against [[racial integration]], the White Knights operated [[underground]] using terror tactics including murder and [[List of Southern Resistance Bombings\|bombings]] in a battle against the federal government, civil rights organizations, and ~~Jewish~~ institutions. At times the group issued a flyer publication titled ''[[The Klan-Ledger]]''.		'''White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan of Mississippi''' was a major White resistance [[Ku Klux Klan]] organization based in [[Mississippi]] in the mid-[[1960s]]. Unlike other national Klan organizations which at the time lead open rallies against [[racial integration]], the White Knights operated [[underground]] using terror tactics including murder and [[List of Southern Resistance Bombings\|bombings]] in a battle against the federal government, civil rights organizations, and jewish institutions. At times the group issued a flyer publication titled ''[[The Klan-Ledger]]''.

	A 1964 FBI assessment of the group listed it as the second largest Klan in America--behind the [[United Klans of America]]--with 1939 members, 57 [[klavern]]s in Mississippi and five in Tennessee.<ref>[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 Klan Organizations 1958-1964 (FBI publication)]</ref>		A 1964 FBI assessment of the group listed it as the second largest Klan in America--behind the [[United Klans of America]]--with 1939 members, 57 [[klavern]]s in Mississippi and five in Tennessee.<ref>[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 Klan Organizations 1958-1964 (FBI publication)]</ref>

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	==Notes==		==Notes==
	<small>~~<references/>~~</small>		<small>{{Reflist\|2}}</small>

	==See also==		==See also==

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'''White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan of Mississippi''' was a major White resistance [[Ku Klux Klan]] organization based in [[Mississippi]] in the mid-[[1960s]]. Unlike other national Klan organizations which at the time lead open rallies against [[racial integration]], the White Knights operated [[underground]] using terror tactics including murder and [[List of Southern Resistance Bombings|bombings]] in a battle against the federal government, civil rights organizations, and Jewish institutions. At times the group issued a flyer publication titled ''[[The Klan-Ledger]]''.

A 1964 FBI assessment of the group listed it as the second largest Klan in America--behind the [[United Klans of America]]--with 1939 members, 57 [[klavern]]s in Mississippi and five in Tennessee.<ref>[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 Klan Organizations 1958-1964 (FBI publication)]</ref>

[[Sam Bowers]] was the [[Imperial Wizard]] and leader of the organization.

==Notes==
<small><references/></small>

==See also==
* [[Lineage of Ku Klux Klan organizations]]
* [[Kathy Ainsworth]]
* [[Thomas Tarrants]]

==External link==
* [http://digilib.usm.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/manu/id/316/rec/6 1964 copy of ''The Klan-Ledger'']

[[Category:Ku Klux Klan organizations]]
[[Category:Mississippi]]
[[Category:COINTELPRO targets]]