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By Stanley NelsonConcordia SentinelPublished March 6, 2013 A half-century ago at the ice house on the main street of Fayette, Miss., a white Adams County […]
The fatal shooting of Johnny Queen by Jasper Burchfield in Fayette, Miss. in 1965 Read More
Tommie Lee Jones (1936-2007) was a Klansman from Natchez, Miss., who became one of the earliest and most violent members of the secret Klan cell
Ernest Gilbert was a leader in the White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan who became a paid FBI informant in 1964. His identity was
Ernest Gilbert – FBI Informant Read More
The White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan of Mississippi was one of the most violent Klan groups in the history of the United States.
White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan Read More
Jack Seale was a well-known Klansman in Natchez, Miss., who was a suspect in two murder cases, an alleged arsonist and later, an FBI informant.
Myron Wayne “Jack” Seale Read More
Deacons for Defense & Justice The Deacons for Defense & Justice was an organization of Black men formed in Louisiana during the Civil Rights-era to
Robert ‘Shotgun’ Fuller: The 1960 Murder of Albert Pitts Jr., David Lee Pitts, Earnest McFarland and Alfred ‘Monk’ Marshall and Wounding of Charlie Willis In
Victims: Denver Smith and Leonard “Douglas” Brown Background In the fall of 1972 at Southern University in Baton Rouge, students began protesting for better school
Shooting at Southern University Read More
James Ford Seale was a violent Klansman from Franklin County, Miss., who was convicted in 2007 in the 1964 murders of two Black teens. Seale
Woodrow “Blue” Holloway was a Klansman from Ferriday and a member of the Silver Dollar Group. He earned his living as a heavy equipment operator.
Woodrow “Blue” Holloway Read More
Homer Thomas “Buck” Horton was a Vidalia Klansman and purported member of the Silver Dollar Group. He was a suspect in the disappearance of Joseph
Homer Thomas “Buck” Horton Read More
The Morville Lounge, a brothel and illegal gambling operation in Concordia Parish during the 1960s, was the eventual downfall of Sheriff Noah Cross. The lounge
Sheriff Noah Cross & The Morville Lounge Read More
Raleigh Jackson “Red” Glover, an employee at the Armstrong Tire Plant in Natchez, was the head of the Silver Dollar Group, a Klan offshoot dedicated
Raleigh Jackson “Red” Glover Read More
Raymond “Scotty” Wright was a Klansman from Clayton, LA, who in 1965 was elected Exalted Cyclops of the Clayton klavern of the Ferriday-Clayton unit of
Raymond “Scotty” Wright Read More
L.C. Murray was a Klansmen in Natchez, Miss., during the 1960s when he became Secretary of the United Klans of America, Mississippi Realm. Murray was
The Silver Dollar Group was one of the most secretive Klan groups in the United States during the mid-1960s when the FBI used informants to
KKK Silver Dollar Group Read More
Kenneth Norman Head was a member of the Silver Dollar Group Klan and a close friend of Raleigh Jackson “Red” Glover, head of the SDG.
Joseph Edwards disappeared in Concordia Parish in July 1964. FBI records, a lengthy investigation by the Concordia Sentinel in Ferriday, LA, a book by LSU
The Disappearance of Joseph Edwards Read More
Jewel Lee Burt was a Mississippi Klansman who lived near Fayette in Jefferson County. He was employed at the Armstrong Tire Plant in Natchez. Burt
James Horace “Sonny” Taylor was a Klansman from Harrisonburg, LA, who became an informant for the FBI. In 1967, Taylor told his FBI handler that
James Horace “Sonny” Taylor Read More
James Lee Scarborough was a member of the Silver Dollar Group and one of several suspects in the 1964 murder of Ferriday shoe shop owner
James Lee Scarborough Read More
James “Jim” Lee, also known as “Red,” was a member of the Silver Dollar Group and a suspect in several wrecking crew acts of violence,
James “Bill” Blaney was a Klansmen who was recruited into the Silver Dollar Group by the SDG’s leader, Raleigh Jackson “Red” Glover. Blaney and two
Ernest Buchanan Parker was a Natchez, Miss., Klansman who informants said was a member of the Silver Dollar Group, a secret Klan cell believed responsible
Ernest Buchanan Parker Read More
Frank Morris was 51 years old when Klansmen torched his shoe shop in Ferriday, LA, on December 10, 1964. He had been sleeping in a
Murder of Frank Morris Read More
Elden Glenn Hester was a White Knight in Franklin County, Miss., when he was recruited into the Silver Dollar Group by Raleigh Jackson “Red” Glover,
Ernest Avants was a Klansman who was convicted in 2003 for the murder of Ben Chester White, a 67-year-old farmhand in Adams County, Miss., who
E.L. McDaniel was Klan leader from Natchez, Miss., who claimed to be the first Mississippi man inducted into the Louisiana-based Original Knights of the Ku
E. (Eddie) L. McDaniel Read More
E.D. Morace was a Klansman from Ferriday, LA, who became an FBI informant. One Klansman described Morace as the head “hatchet man” for the Ferriday
Earl Hodges was a mechanic in Eddiceton, Miss., killed by Klansmen in 1965 over fear that he was going to tell authorities about wrecking projects
Earcel Boyd was a member of the Silver Dollar Group and a statewide officer in the Louisiana Realm of the United Klans of America. Two
Growing Up in Klan Family: Earcel Boyd Read More
Donald Holland was an operator of a feed mill in Meadville, Miss., and purported member of the Ku Klux Klan. FBI agents questioned Holland following
In 1962, two Black men – Curtis Harris and Wilber Lee Henderson – were beaten by five Concordia Parish police officers, including Ferriday policemen Frank
Beating of Curtis Harris & Wilbur Lee Henderson Read More