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APPENDIX UNITED KLANS OF AMERICA, INC., KNIGHTS OF THE KU KLUX KLAN (UNITED KLANS) Records of Superior Court of Fulton County, Georgia, show that this Klan organization was granted a corporate charter on February 21, 1961, at Atlanta, Georgia, under the name United Klans, Knights of the Ku Klux Klan of America, Inc. A source advised on February 27, 1961, that United Klans was formed as a result of a split in J. 58, Klans, Knights of the Ku Kiux Kian, Ine. According to the source, the split resulted from a leadership dispute and United Klans has the same aims and objectives as the parent group. These are the promotion of Americanisn, white supremacy, and segregation of the races. ~~ The first source and a second source advised in July, 1961, that United Klans, Knights of the ku Klux Klan of America, Inc., merged with Alabama Knights, Knights of the Ku Klux Klan. The merged organization established headquarters in Suite 401, the Alston Build- ing, Tuscaloosa, Alabama. The organization is directed by Robert Shelton, Imperial Wizard, and is the dominant Klan group in the South with units in several southern states. On August 14, 1961, the second source advised that the organization formerly known as United Kians, Knights of the Ku Klux Kian of America, Inc., would be known in the future as United Klans of America, Inc., Knights of the Ku Klux Klan. The second source said the name was changed by.a resolution adopted at the National Klonvocation held July 8, 1961, at Indian Springs, Georgia. a Second source advised that at a meeting at Prattville, Alabama, on October 22, 1961, a majority of the Klaverns of the U. S. Klans, Knights of the Ku Klux Klan merged with the United Klans of America, Inc,, Knights of the Ku Klux Kian..