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Ku Klux Klan The Mystic Insignia of a Klansman, also known as the Blood Drop Cross, has been the most well known Klan symbol dating back to the early 1900s. Political position Far-right First Klan (1865–1872) Founded in Pulaski, Tennessee, U.S. Members Unknown Political ideologies Anti-black racism White supremacy White nationalism Vigilantism Segregationism [a] Christian terrorism Neo ...
November 1922 – June 10, 1939. Preceded by. William Joseph Simmons. Succeeded by. James Arnold Colescott. Hiram Wesley Evans (September 26, 1881 – September 14, 1966) was an American dentist and political activist who served as the Imperial Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan, an American white supremacist group, from 1922 to his resignation in 1939 ...
Daryl Davis (born March 26, 1958) is an American R&B and blues musician and activist. [1] His efforts to fight racism by engaging members of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) have convinced dozens of Klansmen to leave and denounce the KKK. Known for his energetic style of boogie-woogie piano, [1] Davis has played with such musicians as Chuck Berry, [1][2 ...
The 16th Street Baptist Church bombing was a terrorist bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama on September 15, 1963. The bombing was committed by a white supremacist terrorist group. [1][2][3] Four members of a local Ku Klux Klan (KKK) chapter planted 19 sticks of dynamite attached to a timing device beneath the steps ...
Their first release for Island was the "Ku Klux Klan" single, about the evils of racism, and one often accompanied by a visual parody of the sect on stage; the song was ranked the 460th-greatest song of all time in Rolling Stone's 2020 edition of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
Reb Rebel. Todd. Master-Trak. Viking. Wildwood. Zynn. Clifford Joseph Trahan (September 25, 1938 – September 3, 2016), better known by the stage names Johnny Rebel and Pee Wee Trahan, was an American singer, songwriter, and musician who performed songs that were supportive of white supremacy. [ 1 ] He used the Johnny Rebel name for a series ...
The hacker group Anonymous revealed the names of at least a dozen Ku Klux Klan members and their families online Friday morning. The extensive list also included ages, phone numbers, addresses and ...
May 7, 1880. Harpersville, Alabama. Died. May 18, 1945. (1945-05-18) (aged 65) Atlanta, Georgia. William Joseph Simmons (May 7, 1880 – May 18, 1945) was an American preacher and fraternal organizer who founded and led the second Ku Klux Klan from Thanksgiving evening 1915 until being ousted in 1922 by Hiram Wesley Evans. [1]