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16th Street Church Bombing — Part 28
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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
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