White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan

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 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 klaverns in Mississippi and five in Tennessee.

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

See also

• Lineage of Ku Klux Klan organizations
• Kathy Ainsworth
• Thomas Tarrants

External link

• 1964 copy of The Klan-Ledger