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16th Street Church Bombing — Part 28
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APPENDIX
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UNITED KLANS OF AMERICA, INC.,
KNIGHTS OF THE KU KLUX KLAN
Records of Superior Court of Fulton County,
Georgia, reflect 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 Kian of America, Inc.
A source advised on February 27, 1961, that
United Klans was formed as a result of a split in U. §S.
Kians, Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, Inc. 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 Building, Tuscalcosa,
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.)
Second source advised that at a meeting at
Prattville, Alabama, on October 22, 1961, the U. S. Klans,
Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, merged with the United Klans
of America, Inc., Knights of the Ku Klux Klan.
Third
United Klans of
source advised on August 4, 1965, that the
America, Inc., Knights of the Ku Klux Klan,
is currently an
Southern states.
2 +h T
is the Imperial
elected to this
Klonvocation in
activity of the
active organization, with Klaverns in several
This source said that Robert M. Shelton
WirwansA af ¢hte awterandigat ian enA awae Tact
Wigera OF His OFiganbizeticn, ana wed i85t
position on September 5, 1964, at a National
Birmingham, Alabama. Source said that the
UKA is increasing and that the national
office remains in Suite 401, Alston Building, Tuscaloosa,
Alabama.
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