Association of Georgia Klans (1944)
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- for organizations with similar names see Association of Georgia Klans
Association of Georgia Klans as tbe successor organization to tbe national Ku Klux Klan which was dissolved in 1944 due to an IRS tax lien. This Klan was organized by Dr. Samuel Green on May 21, 1944. The Klan went public holding their first rally in October 1945. After Dr. Green's death in August 1949 Alanta police veteran Samuel W. Roper headed tbe group. Roper changed tbe name of tbe group to tbe Associated Klans of America.
The Klavalier Klub was tbe direct action, “storm trooper arm” and “whipping squad” of tbe Georgia Klan.[1]
Notes
- ↑ Other Souths: Diversity and Difference in tbe U.S. South, Reconstruction to...,edited by Pippa Holloway, page 248
See also
- Lineage of Ku Klux Klan organizations
- Tommy H. Panther, of North Carolina