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History. The Knights of the White Camelia (named apparently for the camellia, a type of flower) was founded by Confederate States Army Colonel, Alcibiades DeBlanc, on May 22, 1867, in Franklin, Louisiana. Author Christopher Long stated, "Its members were pledged to support the supremacy of the White race, [1] to oppose the amalgamation of the ...
Vidor (/ ˈvaɪdər / VY-dər) is a city in western Orange County, Texas, United States. A city of Southeast Texas, it lies at the intersection of Interstate 10 and Farm to Market Road 105, 6 miles (9.7 km) east of Beaumont. The town is mainly a bedroom community for the nearby refining complexes in Beaumont and Port Arthur and is part of the ...
A protest was held on June 6 in Vidor, known as a sundown town and a stronghold of the Ku Klux Klan. [91] People gathered outside the Raymond Gould Community Center to unite in protesting George Floyd's murder. Speakers included the head of the Beaumont chapter of the NAACP as well as several Vidorians.
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 ...
Bill Wilkinson, Imperial Wizard of the "Invisible Empire, Knights of the Ku Klux Klan", from 1975–1984. Don Black (born 1953), formally imprisoned white nationalist and Imperial Wizard, from 1981–1987. Eldon Edwards (1909–1960), Imperial Wizard of the KKK from 1953–1960. Roy Elonzo Davis (1890-1967) Second in command of 1915 KKK under ...
An alleged spotting of Ku Klux Klan members in Texas over the weekend set some Twitter users off. Word of the sighting quickly spread to Twitter when someone uploaded a picture of people in what ...
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Vidor was born into a well-to-do family in Galveston, Texas, the son of Kate (née Wallis) and Charles Shelton Vidor, a lumber importer and mill owner.His grandfather, Károly Charles Vidor, was a refugee of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848, who settled in Galveston in the early 1850s. [15]