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16th Street Church Bombing — Part 28

117 pages · May 08, 2026 · Document date: Sep 15, 1963 · Broad topic: Terrorism · Topic: 16th Street Church Bombing · 114 pages OCR'd
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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 Kiux Klan of America, Inc. A source advised on February 27, 1961, that United EKlans was formed as a result of a split in JU. §S. Elans, Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, Inc. According to the source, the split resulted from a leadership dispute and United Elans has the same aims and objectives as the parent group. These are the promotion of Americanism, 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 Kian of America, Inc., merged with Alabama Knights, Knights of the Ku Klux Klan. The merged organization established headquarters in Suite 401, the Alston Building, Tuscaloosa, Alabama. (The organization is directed by Robert Shelton, Imperial Wizard, and is the dominant Klan group in the South, with unite 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 source advised on August 4, 1965, that the United Klans of America, Inc., Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, is currently an active organization, with Klaverns in several southern statea. This source said that Robert M. Shelton is the Imperial Wizard of this organization, and was last elected to this position on September 5, 1964, at a National Klonvocation in Birmingham, Alabama. Source said that the activity of the UKA is increasing, and that the nD An AtQeé¢ nan Beit 1 Aine mud meatinanat nffian wan team fe Gai ttn HAL AVIIBL VAL ALU AUTHELED Atl Tuscaloosa, Alabama. APPENDIX 21*
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