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'''Herbert Wallace Butterworth''' also '''Wally Butterworth''' and '''Wallace Butterworth''' (October 25, 1901 - February 24, 1974) was a radio announcer and publicist for two Ku Klux Klan organizations in the 1960s. He was the publisher of the [[United Klans of America]] publication ''[[The Fiery Cross]]''. | '''Herbert Wallace Butterworth''' also '''Wally Butterworth''' and '''Wallace Butterworth''' (October 25, 1901 - February 24, 1974) was a radio announcer and publicist for two Ku Klux Klan organizations in the 1960s. He was the publisher of the [[United Klans of America]] publication ''[[The Fiery Cross]]''. | ||
In April 1962 he founded the [[Defensive Legion of Registered Americans]] and promoted the group over an Atlanta radio station providing a 15 minute commentary. The program lasted only a few weeks after his Ku Klux Klan association was revealed.<ref>[http://www.ajcarchives.org/AJC_DATA/Files/Vol_64__1963.pdf American | In April 1962 he founded the [[Defensive Legion of Registered Americans]] and promoted the group over an Atlanta radio station providing a 15 minute commentary. The program lasted only a few weeks after his Ku Klux Klan association was revealed.<ref>[http://www.ajcarchives.org/AJC_DATA/Files/Vol_64__1963.pdf American jewish Committee Yearbook 1963, page 138]</ref> | ||
In 1963 Butterworth was Public Relations Director to the [[National Knights of the Ku Klux Klan]].<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/foia_FBI_monograph-Klan_Organizations-Section_III_1958-1964/FBI_monograph-Klan_Organizations-Section_III_1958-1964#page/n72/mode/1up Klan Organizations 1958-1964 (FBI publication)]</ref> | In 1963 Butterworth was Public Relations Director to the [[National Knights of the Ku Klux Klan]].<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/foia_FBI_monograph-Klan_Organizations-Section_III_1958-1964/FBI_monograph-Klan_Organizations-Section_III_1958-1964#page/n72/mode/1up Klan Organizations 1958-1964 (FBI publication)]</ref> | ||
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==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
<small> | <small>{{Reflist|2}}</small> | ||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
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* [http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv60544 The Wally Butterworth Papers] | * [http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv60544 The Wally Butterworth Papers] | ||
* [https://archive.org/stream/foia_FBI_monograph-Klan_Organizations-Section_III_1958-1964/FBI_monograph-Klan_Organizations-Section_III_1958-1964#page/n96/mode/1up FBI background report on Wally Butterworth] | * [https://archive.org/stream/foia_FBI_monograph-Klan_Organizations-Section_III_1958-1964/FBI_monograph-Klan_Organizations-Section_III_1958-1964#page/n96/mode/1up FBI background report on Wally Butterworth] | ||
[[Category:Publishers]] | [[Category:Publishers]] | ||
Latest revision as of 06:13, 25 February 2024
Herbert Wallace Butterworth also Wally Butterworth and Wallace Butterworth (October 25, 1901 - February 24, 1974) was a radio announcer and publicist for two Ku Klux Klan organizations in the 1960s. He was the publisher of the United Klans of America publication The Fiery Cross.
In April 1962 he founded the Defensive Legion of Registered Americans and promoted the group over an Atlanta radio station providing a 15 minute commentary. The program lasted only a few weeks after his Ku Klux Klan association was revealed.[1]
In 1963 Butterworth was Public Relations Director to the National Knights of the Ku Klux Klan.[2]
Butterworth was born in Wallingford, Pennsylvania and in the late 1960s he retired to that state.
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