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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 | '''[[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. | ||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
<small> | <small>{{Reflist|2}}</small> | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
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* [http://digilib.usm.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/manu/id/316/rec/6 1964 copy of ''The Klan-Ledger''] | * [http://digilib.usm.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/manu/id/316/rec/6 1964 copy of ''The Klan-Ledger''] | ||
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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 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.[1]
Sam Bowers was the Imperial Wizard and leader of the organization.
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