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Thomas Robb (born October 13, 1946) is an American white supremacist, Imperial Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan and Christian Identity pastor. [1] [2] He is the National Director of the Knights Party, also known as the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, [3] taking control of the organization since the year 1989.
William Joseph Simmons [1] (1880–1945) was the Imperial Wizard (national leader) of the second Ku Klux Klan between 1915 and 1922. Hiram Wesley Evans (1881–1966), part of a group that ousted William Joseph Simmons from the position of Imperial Wizard in November 1922. Evans was Imperial Wizard from 1922 to 1939, during which time the Klan's ...
The Ku Klux Klan was founded by six confederate veterans in 1865 but did not elect a Grand Wizard until after Nathan Bedford Forrest joined in 1867. [2] [3] [4]Nathan Bedford Forrest, Grand Wizard, 1867–1869, [1] Forrest resigned in 1869 and ordered the KKK dissolved although the group remained active until 1872 [5] [6]
The "Ku Klux Klan" name was used by numerous independent local secret groups opposing the civil rights movement and desegregation, especially in the 1950s and 1960s. They sometimes forged informal alliances with Southern police departments, as in Birmingham, Alabama ; or with governor's offices, as with George Wallace of Alabama.
[45] [46] He appeared on the ballot for president in 11 states and was a write-in candidate in some other states, some with Trenton Stokes of Arkansas for vice president, and on other state ballots with Floyd Parker, a physician from New Mexico, [47] for vice president. He received just 47,047 votes, for 0.04% of the national popular vote.
A bronze plaque at West Point, the United States Military Academy, shows a hooded figure and the words “Ku Klux Klan” underneath, according to a congressional commission’s report.
The building on the Montgomery campus had featured the name of KKK member and former governor Bibb Graves since 1928. Ku Klux Klan leader’s name stripped from Alabama State University residence hall
Thomas Robb is the name of: Thomas Robb (Ku Klux Klan) (born 1946), white supremacist and Ku Klux Klan leader; Tommy Robb (footballer) (born 1899), Scottish footballer; Tommy Robb (motorcyclist) (1934–2024), British motorcyclist; Tom Robb (1948–2006), American musician